This recipe for fresh kielbasa and brussels sprouts is a favorite of ours. Each December all the men in my family get together and make about 100 pounds of fresh kielbasa from scratch. They spend the whole evening prepping the ingredients, cutting and grinding the meat, and casing the sausages. Everyone who helps in the process goes home with enough kielbasa to eat throughout the year. A traditional Christmas dinner in our family always includes kielbasa and pierogi. I am not privy to the sausage recipe yet, so I can not share. But I do get together with the women in the family and make around 400 pierogi from scratch the weekend before.
You can find fresh kielbasa at most large grocery stores in the Midwest area. If your local grocery does not carry it look for a Polish or Eastern European market in your area. Or you can check with your local butcher shop. If that fails and you can not find any you can order some from Kowalski’s website here. Before we started making our own, this is the kind we would eat at home. This recipe is an easy, delicious dinner made with just a few ingredients. I hope you love this recipe as much as we do.
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Fresh Kielbasa and Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Ingredients
- 1 pound fresh kielbasa links *
- 1.5 pounds brussels sprouts trimmed and cut in half
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- salt and pepper
- horseradish sauce **for serving I like Wobels brand
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375. Place the kielbasa in a baking dish and add water to the dish until it comes up almost halfway on the sausage. Place a lid on it or cover tightly with foil. Place in the oven and set the timer for 1 hour. Prep your brussels sprouts by cutting them in half and removing any brown or yellow leaves.
- In a large bowl mix the brussels sprouts, oil, crushed red pepper, salt, and pepper. Spread them out evenly on a baking sheet. You will put these in the oven after the kielbasa has cooked for the first hour.
- When the hour is up, take the kielbasa from the oven and remove the lid, and dump out the water. Crank up the oven to 400 and put it back in for 30 minutes uncovered.
- Place the Brussels in the oven with the kielbasa. Roast them for 35 to 45 minutes depending on how brown you like them. Halfway through baking shake the brussels sprouts pan to move them around a bit.
- When the kielbasa is done remove it from the oven and cover it, let it rest while the brussels are finishing cooking. When the brussesls are done season with a little more salt and place them on a serving tray, top with the sausage and serve with bread and butter if desired.
Notes
**I like to dip my sausage in the creamy horseradish sauce, others in my family like spicy prepared horseradish, mustard, or even ketchup. Use what you like.
If I boil fresh kielbasa, how long would I cook it in the oven with saurkrout. .
We have never boiled it in my family before so I am not sure. When I cook it with sauerkraut I put it in raw with the kraut for at least 1 1/2 hours. Since it would already be cooked from boiling it you wouldn’t have to cook it long to be safe to eat. But I would still want it to cook for a long while to bring all the flavors together.