New Year's Eve Festive Pork Roast with Sauerkraut and Potatoes
Croatian dish with sautéed sauerkraut and apples, pork, sausages, and potatoes, all infused with white wine
Ingredients
- 1 kg boneless pork leg joint
- sunflower oil for searing the pork and for coating the vegetables
- 4 potatoes
- 4 - 6 sausages
- 1 red onion
- 1 yellow onion
- 4-5 cloves garlic or as many as you like
- 1 apple
- 400 ml white wine regular or sparkling
- a few rosemary sprigs
- 1-2 tsp sweet or smoked paprika for potatoes
- salt, pepper to taste
- 2 carrots optional
FOR THE SAUERKRAUT
- 800 g sauerkraut
- ½ cup chopped bacon, pancetta cubes
- 1 apple
- 1 onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2-3 bay leaves
- 2 tsp marjoram
- 1/2 tsp caraway seed
- ½ tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Pork: Rub the pork with sweet paprika, salt and pepper, then sear it in a pan with a little oil until browned on all sides to lock in the juices.
- Sauerkraut: In a pan, sauté onions, apples, and bacon for 7 minutes until slightly crispy. Add chopped garlic and bay leaves, and fry for 1-2 minutes.
- Add the sauerkraut, season with pepper, caraway, and marjoram. Add 1 cup of water and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Assemble the dish: In a large roasting pan, layer the sautéed sauerkraut. Cut potatoes (leave baby potatoes whole or halve them), chop carrots ( if using), and place in a large bowl. Drizzle with oil, add salt, pepper, and paprika. Place the seared pork in the centre and scatter the vegetables and sausages around it. Pierce the sausages. Add apple slices and rosemary sprigs, then pour white wine all over the vegetables.
- Roast: Cover with foil (leaving a little room for steam) and roast at 200°C for 1.5 hours. Remove the foil in the last 20 minutes for crisping.
- Once done, let rest for 20 minutes before serving.
Notes
The total calories for the entire dish are approximately 3900, which serves 3-4 people. If serving 4 people, with one slice of pork per person, each portion contains around 975 calories.