Savory Sausage Salad (aka Wurstsalat)

Submitted by Mercy

"I had never had wurstsalat until I sampled some at Disney's Epcot's Biergarten in the German pavillion. One bite and I was head-over-heels! I came home and scoured the net collecting every recipe available because theme park admission is just too darn expensive to shell out every time a craving hits. This is the culmination of my efforts. If you want to stretch it out a little bit, toss 2 cups of sliced cooked potatoes in with the mix."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• DRESSING

• 29.58 ml olive oil
• 44.37 ml red wine vinegar
• 14.79 ml German mustard or 14.79 ml Dijon mustard
• 44.37 ml cold beef stock
• 4.92 ml sugar
• 2.46 ml salt
• 0.61 ml cracked black pepper

• SALAD

• 453.59 g bratwursts or 453.59 g knockwurst, precooked and thinly sliced into disks
• 118.29 ml sweet onion, thinly sliced
• 3 hard-boiled eggs, thinly sliced into disks
• 236.59 ml sour dill pickle, thinly sliced into disks

directions

1. Whisk the dressing ingredients together.
2. Toss the salad ingredients with the dressing.
3. Refrigerate for 2 hours prior to serving to let the flavors blend.

Reviews

[Kerry G]

Yum! We made this for my husband's company picnic. We used smoked sausage (it was on sale) and didn't have beef broth, so we substituted some chicken broth with a couple shots of worcestershire sauce. We followed the rest of the recipe exactly (except I didn't marinate the eggs, as other reviews advised), and added swiss cheese as other reviews suggested (i would have preferred cubed, but since we were in a hurry, i just tore up some cheese slices). It was delicious and a big hit! Next time we'll try it with potatoes. Thanks so much for sharing.

 

[claysmompeg]

I served this at an Oktoberfest pot luck. It was eaten up almost before I set it on the table.

 

[Lacer]

This was different. I didn't leave it in the fridge for 2 hours before I tried it, that might make a difference. I might try it with some swiss cheese next time too, as others have mentioned. Very interesting recipe. My entire family is German, but I'd never heard of this before.

 

[SOG1677]

I had the same thing at the same place this guy did and always wondered about the recipe. Saw this and had to try... great salad, though I did take Michelle's idea and added a little swis cheese.

 

[Michelle S.]

Very tasty, but mine LOOKED awful!!!! The egg yolk disenegrated in the dressing giving all a yellow milky look. The flavor? Fantastic!! I know when I make it again I WILL NOT add the egg until just before serving! My friend is German and said in her area they use swiss cheese instead of the egg. That also sounds interesting and I will try that variation as well. Thanks for sharing this tasty treat. I will ALWAYS make extra bratwurst from now on.