Homemade Choucroute Garni

Name: Homemade Choucroute Garni
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 680 grams slab smoked bacon; 2 bay leaves; 25 whole black peppercorns; 3 carrots, peeled; 473 milliliters homemade or canned low-sodium chicken broth, skimmed of fat; 2 teaspoons coriander seeds; 680 grams dry-salted pigs knuckles, (about; 680 grams slab dry-salted bacon, rinsed and dried; 6 sprigs fresh sprigs flat-leaf parsley; 4 sprigs fresh thyme; 59 milliliters finely minced garlic; 118 milliliters goose fat; 15 juniper berries; 4 mediums onions, sliced 1/8-inch thick; 454 grams smoked pork butt; 8 smalls red potatoes, peeled; 355 milliliters Riesling or other dry white wine; 2 teaspoons salt; 4 smoked country sausages (bauerwurst; about 4 ounces each); 454 grams knackwurst sausages (about each); 4 white veal sausages (weisswurst or bockwurst; about 4 ounces each)

Homemade Choucroute Garni is a gluten free main course. One portion of this dish contains around 46g of protein, 81g of fat, and a total of 1150 calories. This recipe serves 12. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. A mixture of dry-salted pig's knuckles, bacon, juniper berries, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the riesling you could follow this main course with the Late-Harvest Riesling Sorbet with Berries as a dessert.

Instructions

Add wine, chicken stock, and 2 cups water to Dutch oven; stir to combine.

Ingredients you will need

Chicken Stock

Water

Wine

Equipment you will use

Dutch Oven

Add dry-salted bacon, smoked bacon, pig's knuckles, pork butt, carrots, garlic, salt, and bouquet garni.

Ingredients you will need

Bouquet Garni

Boston Butt

Carrot

Garlic

Bacon

Salt

Lay washed and drained sauerkraut on top of mixture in Dutch oven.

Ingredients you will need

Sauerkraut

Equipment you will use

Dutch Oven

Add enough cold water to bring liquid to 1 inch below sauerkraut. Cover, increase heat to high, and bring liquid to boil. Reduce heat to low; cook at strong simmer for 1 1/2 hours.

Ingredients you will need

Sauerkraut

Water