Wash the Kasseler, dab dry and rub with pepper. Put them on the fat pan of the oven. Cook in the hot oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ gas: level 3) for about 1 hour. Peel, quarter, core and chop apples. Sprinkle with lemon juice. Add to the meat after 40 minutes.
Add 1/2 litre water, orange juice, cinnamon, aniseed and 2 cloves. Clean the red cabbage, cut into quarters, cut out the stalk. Cut cabbage into fine strips. Peel and chop onion. Sauté both in lard while stirring for about 10 minutes. Deglaze with vinegar and 3/8 litres of water. Add remaining cloves, pepper, juniper, bay leaf, salt and sugar. Cook for about 1 hour. Remove meat from the fat pan. Put apples and roast in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Add crème fraîche and season to taste.
Deglaze with vinegar and 3/8 litres of water. Add remaining cloves, pepper, juniper, bay leaf, salt and sugar. Cook for about 1 hour. Remove meat from the fat pan. Put apples and roast in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Add crème fraîche and season to taste. Serve everything garnished with orange and mint. Potato dumplings taste good with it