Cassoulet

Name: Cassoulet
Prep time: 4 h
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 bay leaves; 473 milliliters breadcrumbs; 4 Tbsps butter; 2 carrots, chopped; 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 454 grams great northern beans, soaked overnight then drained; 4 servings kosher salt and cracked black pepper; 1 onion, chopped; 1 bunches parsley, chopped; 227 grams pork sausage; 680 grams pork shoulder, cubed; 710 milliliters stock (or water); 227 grams thick-cut bacon, chopped; 1 small bunch thyme; 237 milliliters white wine

Cassoulet might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 44% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains roughly 54g of protein, 60g of fat, and a total of 1096 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 4 hours. A mixture of bacon, wine, pork sausage, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the butter you could follow this main course with the Cinnamon Butter Cake as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325°F.

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Oven

Heat braising dish over medium high heat, and add chopped bacon. When bacon is crisp and fat has rendered, remove with slotted spoon, and reserve. Season cubed pork shoulder with salt and sear in batches.

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Pork Shoulder

Bacon

Salt

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Slotted Spoon

Remove and reserve.

Add sausage to braising dish and sear until brown; remove and reserve.

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Sausage

Add onions, carrots and garlic and cook until onions are translucent, about 6 minutes.

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Carrot

Garlic

Onion

Add parsley, thyme and bay leaves, then deglaze with white wine, scraping bottom of pan to remove brown bits.

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Bay Leaves

White Wine

Parsley

Thyme

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Frying Pan

Add pork shoulder, bacon, and sausage back to the pot, then add soaked beans.

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Pork Shoulder

Sausage

Bacon

Beans

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Pot

Add stock or water and bring to a simmer, cover with lid, and place in oven for 90 minutes.

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Stock

Water

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Oven

Remove cassoulet from oven and remove lid, then place back in oven without lid for another hour, checking occasionally to ensure cassoulet doesn’t dry out. If it looks like it might begin to dry out, put lid back on top.

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Oven

In a small sauté pan over medium heat, melt 4 tablespoons butter.

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Butter