Choucroute Garnie

Name: Choucroute Garnie
Prep time: 2 h 40 min
Cook time: 2 h 40 min
Total time: 2 h 40 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 kilograms pork back ribs or baby back ribs, cut into 3 sections; 3 larges bay leaves; 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoons caraway seeds; 710 milliliters chicken stock; 4 larges garlic cloves, coarsely chopped; 907 grams boneless boiled ham (3 to 4 inches wide), sliced 1/4 inch thick; 10 skinless hot dogs; 20 juniper berries; 907 grams Polish kielbasa, skinned and cut into 2-inch pieces; 79 milliliters kosher salt, plus more for seasoning; 2 Tbsps light brown sugar; 1 large onion, coarsely chopped; 59 milliliters duck or goose fat or peanut oil; 355 milliliters Riesling or Pinot Gris; 907 grams potatoes (about 10), peeled; 3 kilograms sauerkraut (in plastic bags), drained; 10 servings Assorted mustards, for serving

Choucroute Garnie might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains roughly 70g of protein, 71g of fat, and a total of 1108 calories. This recipe covers 49% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 10. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours and 40 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet. A mixture of chicken stock, peanut oil, potatoes, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the pinot noir you could follow this main course with the Pinot Noir Brownies as a dessert.

Instructions

In a large, sturdy, resealable plastic bag, combine the 1/3 cup of kosher salt with the sugar.

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Kosher Salt

Sugar

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Ziploc Bags

Add the pork ribs; shake well to thoroughly coat the ribs with the seasonings. Seal the bag and refrigerate the ribs overnight or for up to 24 hours.

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Seasoning

Pork Ribs

Shake

Ribs

The next day, preheat the oven to 30

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Oven

Rinse the sauerkraut in cold water and squeeze dry. Set a large roasting pan over 2 burners on high heat and melt the duck fat.

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Sauerkraut

Duck Fat

Water

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Roasting Pan

Add the onion and garlic and cook over moderately low heat, stirring, until softened, about 7 minutes. Stir in the sauerkraut, juniper berries, bay leaves, caraway seeds, black pepper, stock and wine and bring to a rolling boil over high heat.

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Juniper Berries

Caraway Seeds

Black Pepper

Bay Leaves

Sauerkraut

Garlic

Onion

Stock

Wine

Meanwhile, rinse the pork ribs under cold water and pat dry. Nestle the pork ribs in the sauerkraut and bring back to a boil over moderately high heat. Cover tightly with foil and bake for 1 1/2 hours.

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Sauerkraut

Pork Ribs

Water

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Oven

Aluminum Foil

Remove the pork ribs from the sauerkraut.

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Sauerkraut

Pork Ribs

Cut down in between the ribs. Return the ribs to the sauerkraut and nestle in the kielbasa, hot dogs and ham. Cover and bake until the meats are hot, about 25 minutes. Discard the bay leaves.

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Bay Leaves

Sauerkraut

Hot Dogs

Kielbasa

Ribs

Ham

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Oven

Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, cover the potatoes with cold water, add salt and bring to a boil over high heat; cook the potatoes until tender when pierced.

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Potato

Water

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Drain the potatoes and cover to keep warm.

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Potato

To serve, mound the hot sauerkraut in the center of very hot dinner plates and partially tuck in the pork ribs and the kielbasa. Arrange the hot dogs and ham around the sauerkraut. Alternatively, pile the sauerkraut on a large heated platter and garnish with the meats.

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Sauerkraut

Pork Ribs

Hot Dogs

Kielbasa

Ham

Serve the choucroute with the boiled potatoes and assorted mustards.

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Potato