German Style Pork and Sauerkraut

• 2 lbs country style pork ribs
• 1 tsp salt
• ¼ tsp pepper
• 2 tbls butter
• 1 tbls caraway seeds
• 32 oz sauerkraut, drained
• 1 cup apple juice
• 2 cups chopped onion
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• ¼ tsp Tabasco sauce
• 3 tart apples, cored, peeled, and chopped

1. Brown meat in a Dutch oven. Remove from pan, stir in the sauerkraut with the rest of the ingredients in the pan where meat has browned.
2. Return meat to pan with the sauerkraut meat on the bottom and kraut on top. Simmer for 1½ hours.
3. Serve with German mustard.