Food Network: Grilled Smoked Sausage with Apple Fennel "Sauerkraut"

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Grilled Smoked Sausage with Apple Fennel "Sauerkraut"
Recipe courtesy Elizabeth Karmel, Girls at the Grill

Ingredients
1 large fennel bulb
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 large Vidalia onion, chopped
5 Granny Smith apples, grated
1/2 lemon, juiced
1 1/2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon caraway seeds
1/2 cup hard cider or apple juice
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
8 smoked sausages
2 tablespoons butter, melted
8 poppy-seed hot dog buns or French rolls
Spicy brown or Dijon mustard

Instructions

Clean and cut the fennel in long strips (julienne) and trim tops,
reserving for later use.

Heat oil in heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat, add onion and kosher salt. Cook until onion
begins to brown, add strips of fennel, stir, and let cook covered for about 5 minutes or until
fennel begins to wilt, reduce heat to medium-low.

Meanwhile, mix grated apple with lemon juice and add to pan, cover and cook, stirring occasionally
for 15 minutes. Add butter, mixing well. Add caraway seeds, reserved fennel tops and hard cider or
apple juice. Cook for an additional 5 minutes, uncovered. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.
Remove from heat and let sit to allow the flavors to mingle. (The sauerkraut can be made up to 2
days in advance and kept covered in the refrigerator until ready to use.)

Build charcoal fire or preheat gas grill. Just before serving, warm sauerkraut and grill sausages.
To grill sausages, place on the cooking grate over direct medium heat for 6 to 8 minutes, turning
occasionally to mark all sides of the sausage. Meanwhile, split the buns and brush a little butter
on the inside. Toast until lightly browned. When ready to serve, place 1 sausage and a generous
amount of the sauerkraut on the bun and serve with mustard on the side. Enjoy immediately.