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Title:How to Make them Goodies
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Created:Tue Feb 18 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4127
Total number of notes:31160

3472.0. "Reuben Balls???" by COMET::DENNING () Mon Mar 02 1992 06:19

    My mom used to make Reuben Balls for parties.  They were great, but she
    has lost the recipe and she cannot remember how to make them.  I can
    remember three of the ingredients:  Sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and 
    corned beef.  Can you help me out?
    
    				Thanx,
    
    				Ilka
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3472.1Sauerkraut Balls?IAMOK::MARINERMon Mar 02 1992 08:599
    I have a recipe called Sauerkraut Balls which came from a restaurant in
    Shaker Heights OH called Grubers.  It's very long and I will have to
    hunt for it at home but, you're right, they are delicious.  
    
    You grind everything up.  Ham, corned beef, sauerkraut - I forget what
    else but then you roll them in breadcrumbs.  I think they were ground
    twice.  Does this sound familiar?
    
    Mary Lou
3472.2Sounds Good To Me!COMET2::DENNINGTue Mar 03 1992 03:303
    Actually, these didn't have any ham in them, but it sounds as though
    your recipe is very close.  I'll take your recipe, if it isn't too
    much trouble.  Thanks!
3472.3Sauerkraut BallsIAMOK::MARINERTue Mar 03 1992 20:4843
    This recipe came from Grubers Restaurant in Shaker Heights, OH.  They
    always had them at the bar.
    
    Remember this was in the days before the cuisenart.  The meat, except
    for the pork, has all been cooked.  I used to save some ham and corned 
    beef from a meal.
    
    1/2 pound lean, boneless ham
    1/2 pound lean, boneless pork
    1/2 pound corned beef
    1 medium sized onion
    1 teaspoon minced parsley
    3 tbl. shortening
    2 cups flour
    1 teasp dry mustard
    1 teasp salt
    2 cups milk
    2 pounds sauerkraut, cooked and drained, or canned and drained
    flour
    2 eggs, slightly beaten
    dry bread crumbs
    
    Put meats and onion through food grinder, add parsley.  Blend well and
    saute in shortening until browned. Add flour, mustard, salt and milk;
    blend.  Cook, stirring constantly, until thick.  Add sauerkraut and put
    entire mixture through food chopper.  Mix thoroughly.  
    
    Return to skillet an cook, stirring constantly until very thick. 
    Cool.  Form into balls about th size of a walnut.  Roll in flour; dip
    in eggs; roll in bread crumbs and fry in hot, deep fat (370 F) until
    browned.
    
    Serve hot as an appetizer.  Approximate yield: 9 to 100 sauerkraut
    balls.
    
    I have made a note to myself.  Fry and freeze then re-fry again before
    serving.
    
    These were always a big hit and no one could figure out what was in
    them.
    
    Mary Lou
    
3472.4GREAT!!!COMET::DENNINGWed Mar 04 1992 03:292
    
    Thank you, Mary Lou.  This will work!