Bratwurst with Caramelized Onion & Apple
plus Creamy Mashed Potatoes & Apple Cranberry Salad
- Milk
- Eggs
This autumn-inspired plate features juicy seared bratwurst nestled in a silky bed of slowly caramelized onion and apple. The sausage is served with buttery mashed potatoes and a crisp apple cranberry salad in a creamy mustard-lemon-chive dressing.
Ingredients
3 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
12 ounce
Potatoes
1 unit
Onion
2 unit
Granny Smith Apple
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
9 ounce
Bratwurst Sausage
1 unit
Lemon
4 ounce
Mixed Greens
1 ounce
Dried Cranberries
¼ ounce
Chives
2 tablespoon
Mayonnaise
(Contains: Eggs)
4 teaspoon
Dijon Mustard
Not included in your delivery
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
1 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
3 tablespoon (tbsp)
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
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Wash and dry produce.
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Peel and dice potatoes into ½-inch pieces. Halve, peel, and thinly slice onion. Halve, core, and thinly slice one apple (two apples for 4 servings). (You’ll use the remaining apple in Step 5.) Thinly slice chives. Quarter lemon.
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Place potatoes in a medium pot with enough salted water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil and cook until tender, 15-20 minutes. Reserve ½ cup potato cooking liquid, then drain.
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Return potatoes to pot and mash with sour cream and 2 TBSP butter (4 TBSP for 4 servings) until smooth and creamy, adding splashes of reserved potato cooking liquid as needed; season generously with salt and pepper.
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Cover and set aside until ready to serve.
- While potatoes cook, heat a drizzle of oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add bratwurst and cook until browned but not yet cooked through, 3-4 minutes. (They’ll finish cooking in the next step!)
- Turn off heat; transfer to a plate.
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Melt 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) in pot used for bratwurst over medium heat. Add onion and sliced apple; cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 3-4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
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Add stock concentrate, half the mustard, and ¼ cup water. Return bratwurst to pan and cook, covered, until cooked through, 8-10 minutes more.
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Transfer bratwurst to a cutting board. Taste and season onion mixture with salt and pepper if desired.
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Meanwhile, halve, core, and dice remaining apple.
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In a large bowl, combine mayonnaise, half the chives, remaining mustard, juice from half the lemon (whole lemon for 4 servings), salt, and pepper. Add mixed greens, diced apple, and cranberries; toss to combine.
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Slice bratwurst into ½-inch pieces. TIP: If bratwurst is too hot to handle, use tongs or a fork to hold in place for slicing.
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Divide bratwurst, mashed potatoes, and salad between plates. Top bratwurst and mashed potatoes with caramelized onion and apple; spoon any remaining sauce from pan on top. Garnish with remaining chives and serve with any remaining lemon wedges on the side.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Feb 2026- Flavor: Many loved the caramelized onion and apple combo, but some found the bratwurst bland and lacking seasoning.
- Ease of prep: Several noted longer prep time due to chopping; consider pre-cutting ingredients for quicker assembly.
- Suggestions: Try grilling or roasting the bratwurst for better texture and flavor. Add extra herbs or spices to boost taste.
- Portions: Some wanted more bratwurst; consider including larger sausages or an extra one per serving.
- Salad: The apple cranberry salad was divisive; try adding nuts for crunch or adjusting dressing to be less tangy.
Reviews from our home cooks
Oh my! The entirety of this meal was scrumptious. The brats fried with apple and onions was perfect. The mashed potatoes complemented those brats well. And the salad in its dressing was delightful. We loved it!
Very tasty salad and mix of apples and caramelized onion base over bratwurst was unusually good.
This was a nice change of pace! The salad especially was very good. There were two problems, however. 1) There was no mustard in the bag, despite mustard being called for in both the salad dressing and the onion-apple sauce. 2) The bratwurst was surprisingly tasteless. I expect bratwurst to be strongly flavored, but this bratwurst needed a lot of extra mustard. I guess I should add that Grey Poupon is the wrong mustard for bratwurst. Bratwurst should be served with German mustard, which is much sharper. Fortunately, I had German mustard in the cabinet.
The flavor is great. The portion sizes were waaaay off. There is 6 half-sized brats for 4 people? So everyone gets 1-1/2 brat? There wasn't enough potatoes for 4 servings of mashed potatoes. But there was enough salad for 8 people. And mind you it's just me, my husband, and two small girls who don't eat much. We were all left hungry from not enough of the protein portion and were left with way too much salad
I do not fail to see the irony in me saying that this was a little bit too much apple, given my always wanting more veg... anyway IDK it just seemed like a lot, even though it's only the equivalent of an apple serving ̄\_(ツ)_/ ̄ and I would find a way to thicken the sauce a bit given that both the onion & the apple give off so much liquid. Anyway I always like sausage so I was not unhappy with it, but overall it's a rather boring recipe for me (the salad was nice and tangy & different, I do give props for that) so I won't be favoriting it.
Please offer this bratwurst regularly. It's delicious. Our lettuce was spoiled, and we fried the potatoes (not mashed), but the sauce was great!
I loved this. The onions and apples gave the brats so much flavor.
Wow! This was amazing and the bratwurst was the best I've ever had. Please keep it on menu!
Loved the tangy salad dressing, and the apple and onion gravy.
This was real good and a nice cold weather meal, however the brats were a bit bland tasting. Maybe more seasonings. We loved the salad
