Oktoberfest Bratwurst Snack Board
with Crispy Smashed Potatoes, Cheese Fondue, Apple & Pickled Cabbage | 4 Servings
- Soy
- Wheat
- Milk
No need to travel all the way to Germany to enjoy a hearty assortment of meat and cheese! Chock-full of delicious fall flavors, you’ve got brats, Granny Smith apple slices, pickled red cabbage, toasted baguette slices, and crispy smashed potatoes, plus Dijon mustard and cheese fondue for dipping. Perfect for fall hosting or an afternoon curled up on the couch.
Ingredients
4 ounce
Shredded Red Cabbage
5 teaspoon
Red Wine Vinegar
12 ounce
Multicolor Potatoes
2 unit
Demi-Baguette
(Contains: Soy, Wheat)
1 unit
Granny Smith Apple
18 ounce
Pork Bratwurst
4 ounce
Cream Sauce Base
(Contains: Milk)
½ cup
Cheddar Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
2 tablespoon
Dijon Mustard
Not included in your delivery
Salt
Pepper
4 teaspoon
Cooking Oil
1 teaspoon
Sugar
Nutrition Values
Cooking Steps
Adjust rack to top and middle positions and preheat oven to 450 degrees. Wash and dry produce. Combine cabbage, vinegar, 1 tsp sugar, salt, and pepper in a medium, microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for 1 minute. Set aside to pickle, stirring occasionally.
Meanwhile, place sealed bag of potatoes in microwave; microwave for 8 minutes, until potatoes are mostly cooked through. Carefully remove from microwave (use a kitchen towel or oven mitt—the bag will be hot!) and open bag, watching out for steam. While potatoes cook, halve baguettes lengthwise. Core and thinly slice apple.
Toss potatoes in bag with a drizzle of oil. Transfer potatoes to a lightly oiled baking sheet and spread out in an even layer. Use the bottom of a glass or a potato masher to smash potatoes until they are ½ inch thick. Drizzle more oil over top and season generously with salt and pepper. Roast on top rack until browned and crisp, 15-20 minutes. Once potatoes have roasted for 10 minutes, add baguettes cut sides down directly to middle rack; toast until golden, 5-7 minutes. TIP: Flip potatoes in the last 5 minutes of roasting so they get crispy on both sides.
While potatoes roast, heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add sausages* and cook, turning occasionally, until browned all over, 6-8 minutes. (If sausages begin to brown too quickly, reduce heat to medium low.) Reduce heat to low and cover pan with lid; cook, shaking pan occasionally to turn sausages, until cooked through, 5-7 minutes more. Remove pan from heat; cover to keep warm.
In a small pot, heat cream sauce base over medium-high heat until gently bubbling, 1-2 minutes. Reduce heat to medium and stir in cheddar until melted. Season with salt and pepper. Remove pot from heat; cover to keep warm.
Cut sausages into 4 slices each. Cut baguettes lengthwise into 1-inch-thick slices; halve slices crosswise to create spears. Arrange sausages, baguette spears, potatoes, cabbage, and apple on a serving platter. Serve with fondue and Dijon for dipping. TIP: We like to layer sausage, cabbage, mustard, and cheese on every piece of baguette!
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the brats and fondue, with some finding the cheese sauce a bit bland. The potatoes were a hit!
- Ease of prep: This fun, easy-to-assemble board came together quickly and was great for entertaining or casual snacking 🎉.
- Suggestions: Consider adding lemon to apples to prevent browning. For crispier potatoes, try flipping them during roasting.
- Portions: Several wished for more cheese fondue and mustard to complement the generous amount of dippables.
Reviews from our home cooks
This was perfect for 4 people to share! It has a great variety of flavors & textures. We all loved it!
Such a fun board with lots of flavors and textures. Adding lemon to the apples helps avoid browning.
Absolutely delicious! Only problem: not enough fondue! We have tons of leftover noms but the fondue was gone very quickly. There also wasn't nearly enough mustard for the sausages, but those sausages are delicious enough by themselves. Yum!
One of the easiest, best tasting meals I've ever received from Hf. More fondue!
Always a favorite when we see it offered! A humble suggestion: double the amount of cheese fondue included, please?
Everything was amazing! I do wish the potatoes were crispier but that must be a user error.
Loved this, it was fun to make and came together easily
This was a fun weeknight meal to share with family.
Such a fun board! Will be trying to re create this
I got two packages of brats -- 8 in all! Way too many. The cheese sauce was terrible and tasteless. This cream base you use is awful and produces a bad product. There was not nearly enough sauce for a fondue given the large number of items to dip (I only cooked two of the brats) and I had to make more myself. Also needed to double the vinegar sauce for the cabbage. It was not enough to do the job. Even when doubling the vinegar mixture it was not at all "juicy".
