Seafood sauerkraut
The French version of sauerkraut (choucroute) is normally served with meat, especially pork and sausage, but here is a seafood version with fish and shellfish. Do give it a try, as it's simple to make and delicious!
168K 13 4.5
Last modified on: April 17th 2011
Keywords for this recipe:For 8 people, you will need:
- 1
1 onion - 2
300 g potatoes - 3
2 tablespoons goose fat - 4
1 kg raw sauerkraut - 5
2 glasses dry white wine - 6
150 g prawns - 7
400 g fish - 8
2 tablespoons olive oil - 9 4 tablespoons dry white wine
- 10
salt - 11
pepper - Total weight: 2,295 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 36 min. | 1 hour 1 min. | 1 hour 37 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 2 - 4 min.
Melt 2 tablespoons goose fat in a large pan over medium heat. When hot, add the chopped onion, salt and pepper, and cook for 3 or 4 minutes until the onion begins to colour.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Add 1 kg raw sauerkraut and 2 glasses dry white wine and stir well.
Stage 4 - 40 min.
Add the potatoes, stir again, cover and leave to simmer on low heat until the potatoes are cooked (when the point of a knife will pass through them easily), about 40 minutes.
Stage 5 - 10 min.
Meanwhile, shell 150 g prawns and cut the chosen fish into pieces.
Coat the top with olive oil, using a brush, then salt and pepper. Do the same on the other side.
Coat the top with olive oil, using a brush, then salt and pepper. Do the same on the other side.
Stage 6 - 4 min.
Put a non-stick pan on high heat. When very hot, add the pieces of fish and cook for 1 or 2 minutes until lightly browned on both sides.
Set aside.
Set aside.
Stage 7 - 3 min.
In the same pan, fry the prawns for 2 or 3 minutes until they brown slightly.
Set aside.
Set aside.
Stage 8 - 3 min.
Pour 4 tablespoons dry white wine into the pan and deglaze.
Stage 9 - 10 min.
Pour this liquid into the pan of sauerkraut and stir in. Lay the fish and prawns on top.
Cover and leave to cook for a further 10 minutes.
Your seafood sauerkraut is ready.
Cover and leave to cook for a further 10 minutes.
Your seafood sauerkraut is ready.
Remarks
For the photos, I used salmon and pollack, but other fish are just as good, so you can use your imagimation.
Like all slow-cooked dishes, this can be reheated and gets better each time.
Like all slow-cooked dishes, this can be reheated and gets better each time.
Keeping
Several days in the fridge and it freezes well.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,543 Kcal or 6,460 Kj | 117 gr | 128 gr | 62 gr |
| 77 % | 45 % | 12 % | 9 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 67 Kcal or 281 Kj | 5 gr | 6 gr | 3 gr |
| 3 % | 2 % | 1 % | <1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 193 Kcal or 808 Kj | 15 gr | 16 gr | 8 gr |
| 10 % | 6 % | 2 % | 1 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 8 people : 8.42 €
- Per person : 1.05 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Raw sauerkraut: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Express sauerkraut, ... All |
 | Fish: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Stock-pot fish , Sushi, Fish in a salt crust, Pollack Parmentier, Fish petals, vegetables julienne, and beurre blanc, ... All |
 | Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Hot box cheese , Gratin Comtois, Piedmont salad, Baked potatoes with poached egg and tuna sauce , Roast potatoes "à la provençale", ... All |
 | Prawns: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Crispy prawn rolls, Vietnamese prawns, Paella, Quick prawn curry, Curried prawn risotto, ... All |
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