Sausage Sauerkraut Balls

A flavorful sausage and sauerkraut mixture is breaded and baked into delicious appetizer balls. They'll be requested over and over again. Serve them with spicy mustard sauce or sweet and sour sauce.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 364 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ½ cup milk
• ¼ cup butter
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• ¼ cup cold water
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley
• ¾ cup dry bread crumbs
• 4 drops hot pepper sauce
• 1 ½ pounds ground pork sausage
• ½ teaspoon ground dry mustard
• 1 (16 ounce) can sauerkraut - drained, rinsed and finely chopped

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Step 2

Place ground pork sausage and onion in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain and stir in all-purpose flour, dry mustard and hot pepper sauce. Whisk in milk. Stirring constantly, continue cooking approximately 5 minutes. Remove from heat and mix in dried parsley and sauerkraut.

Step 3

Place butter in a 9x13 inch baking dish, and melt in the preheated oven.

Step 4

In a small bowl, stir together the eggs and cold water.

Step 5

Roll the sausage mixture into 1 inch balls. Dip sausage balls into the egg and water mixture, then roll them in the bread crumbs.

Step 6

Arrange coated sausage balls in the baking dish in a single layer. Bake in the preheated oven approximately 30 minutes, turning after 15 minutes, until golden brown.