Orecchiette With Brussels Sprouts and Bratwurst Recipe (2024)

Greeting from the land of sauerkraut - Germany. I made this today, with pieces of bacon instead of bratwurst, and my favorite canned sauerkraut. Delicious! Finally an idea how to prepare old fashioned brussels sprouts in another way than I know it from my mom (and her mom and her ....).

This was easy to prepare and quick - since we have a vegetarian in the family, I made one helping with mushrooms instead of sausage. I also add red pepper flakes for a little kick.

We made this today and it was really great. We stayed close to the printed recipe, but had a few deviations / clarifications: We used Italian Sausage, 2 hot, 2 sweet; we sliced the Brussels Sprouts to about 1/8" in a food processor; The pasta was a Capunti Artisan that we found at Trader Joe's.The flavor was excellent and seemed to improve as it sat for a bit.

Easy meal. Will make again as we both really liked it. May add a little more sauerkraut. Am considering roasting the Brussels sprouts separately before adding towards the end.

I made this tonight without adjustments, using Beyond Meat brats with parsley as the herb.It was really very good. It's a quick, easy weeknight meal and I'll make it again. Don't forget to reserve the pasta water! You'll need it to loosen things up.

Good, quick weeknight meal thanks to the precooked brats and the addition of Brussels sprouts (no need for a separate vegetable side). This will be in our regular winter rotation!

Made this with Beyond Meat Italian sausages and it turned out great. Cooked them before all of the other steps as they are not pre-cooked.

Super tasty! Only modifications were to give the brussels sprouts a few more minutes to get tender enough for our taste, perhaps 9 minutes. Absolutely make this again.

Cooked this last night, and both my wife and I thought it was wonderful. Very tasty and we went eagerly for seconds. Followed recipe closely with the following exceptions:used small pasta shells as the orecchiette was quite expensive and there was no option for whole wheat (which we prefer). Also forgot the sour cream which we will add next time. Only changes next time will be more brussel sprouts and more sauerkraut. There was a bit too much pasta, and also too much wurst for our tastes.

Good, would also be good without pasta.

Definitely not a five star dish. Passable for a weeknight throw together. I cooked, as written, and do not feel it’s worth trying to adjust or improve: there are better flavor profiles.

Wow, great meal. Made recipe as written. Easy,flavorful and full of good stuff.

This is a nice, substantial and balanced one dish dinner. I added 1/2 cup of cream cheese cause it was in the fridge. I used parsley, and maybe with the dill it would have had a bit more flavor. I will make it again, everyone enjoyed it.

My picky teenager took one look said "Oh good, mac and cheese" and ate it up. I used cabbage instead of brussels sprouts and didn't have dill, but otherwise followed the recipe exactly. It was a crowd pleaser and we will have it again!

I enjoyed this dish but after tasting and before serving I felt it could use a little extra zip so I added good dollop (probably a tablespoon and a half of Dijon mustard. That did the trick

Shredded the sprouts, and used Fat Tire beer brats and Cleveland roasted-garlic kraut, which took this dish over the top.

Pasta ratio is insane unless 4 of 4 diners are about to run a marathon. Otherwise yummy.

First of all... I really like the combination of Alsatian cuisine and pasta. The ingredients are all suitable, although I would replace the sour cream with cream (32% fat), because in my opinion the fat content of sour cream is too low and the sauce flocculates a little. I would also halve the amount of sauerkraut, as there is a lot of it and in a crowded pan it prevents ingredients such as the Brussels sprouts and sausage from browning and developing roasted flavors.

Fairly tasty with the addition of a few dollops of Calabrian chili paste — otherwise we found it a bit bland. I prefer Melissa Clark’s pancetta Brussels sprouts pasta which is a bit brighter, but this was a decent chilly winter night meal.

Yummy with honey gold potatoes instead of pasta as well!

Made this with the new Boursin cream (shallot and chive) instead of sour cream and it was fantastic.

Prepared as written, and my husband and I loved it. We also shared a hearty laugh at the idea that the shape of the noodle would be the thing our kids might object to in this recipe. Will definitely make again, next time with red pepper flakes as someone suggested.

underwhelming. agree it could use more sauerkraut and brussels needed a bit of extra time

Just made this to share at Thanksgiving and needed to sort of triple. I did a hybrid of Claire Saffitz’s roasted sprouts and this one using 1/2 the amt of pasta, triple sprouts and triple brats and topping with the crispy sprout leaves. It’s delish but probably a little heavy as a Thanksgiving side—that’s my bad.

This was a great dish! My boyfriend made it for the two of us. We chowed down while discussing health insurance benefits packages (open enrollment season!). Never picked up sauerkraut from the shop before, so it was tough to find on the shelf. But followed recipe as written and turned out great! Got a few toots to follow me around as my stomach processes the dairy, but would make again

I was not judicious with my pasta water and it became too watered down. I've made this several times and I think I tend to forget the pasta water, so next time I'll try omitting it on purpose and maybe adding a little as I go 😂

I enjoyed this dish but after tasting and before serving I felt it could use a little extra zip so I added good dollop (probably a tablespoon and a half of Dijon mustard. That did the trick

So many individual ingredients to love yet the sum total is extremely meh and does not go the distance even eating a whole serving.

My family liked it. I would have reduced the pasta and increased the sprouts and kraut. Over, it had good flavor.

Don’t make this with chickpea pasta. Otherwise very good!