German Kraut Skillet

1 lb. smoked sausage
1/2 cup butter
1 apple coarsely grated
1 potato coarsely grated
1 tablespoon caraway seed
3 cups undrained sauerkraut
1/2 cup apple juice

Slice sausage in bite size pieces. Melt butter in large skillet. Add sausage and cook until lightly browned. Mix apples, potato and caraway seed. Arrange apple mixture on top of sausage. Top with sauerkraut. Add apple juice. Cover and simmer for thirty minutes.