German Casserole

An easy, tangy, spicy, very filling casserole that fills your house with the great scent of good ethnic home cooking.

• Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
• Serves: 8-10

Ingredients

• 3  large raw potatoes, halved and sliced into 1/4 inch slices
• 2  medium onions, sliced thin
• 16  ounces sauerkraut
• 24  ounces Polish sausage or 32  ounces kielbasa or 32  ounces  ring  bologna or 32  ounces smoked sausage, cut into 1 inch, slanted chunks
• 3  tablespoons butter
•  salt and pepper

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. In a large casserole dish with a lid, layer the ingredients in this order - 3 dabs of butter, potatoes, onions, sauerkraut, salt and pepper, sausage.
3. You can half everything and make two "stacks" of layers as well, if you prefer. Make sure you end with sausage on top.
4. Push ingredients down, if necessary, to compress and fit into your dish.
5. Bake until the potatoes are tender - I usually go for an hour and fifteen minutes for perfect potato tenderness for my family.
6. Remove from the oven and serve.
7. This dish is wonderful with home-made bread.