John Besh's Choucroute Garnie Recipe

Name: John Besh's Choucroute Garnie Recipe
Prep time: 2 h 50 min
Cook time: 2 h 50 min
Total time: 2 h 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams bacon, diced; 1 bay leaf; 8 servings freshly ground black pepper; 454 grams bratwurst links (about 4); 1 teaspoon caraway seeds; 1 carrot, chopped; 1 stalk celery, chopped; 473 milliliters dry Riesling; 454 grams garlic sausage; 1 ham hock; 2 Tbsps honey; 2 juniper berries, crushed; 4 onions, chopped; 454 grams pork belly; 4 mediums yellow potatoes, peeled and quartered; 8 servings salt; 1 liters sauerkraut, rinsed and squeezed dry; 2 Tbsps vegetable oil

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give John Besh's Choucroute Garnie Recipe a try. Watching your figure? This gluten free and dairy free recipe has 942 calories, 29g of protein, and 66g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 8. A mixture of bacon, potatoes, vegetable oil, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. To use up the onions you could follow this main course with the Candy Corn Cupcakes as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours and 50 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

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Heat the oil in a medium heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Add half the onions, the carrots and celery and cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

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Celery

Onion

Add 2 cups water, the wine and pork belly and bring to a boil. Cover, transfer to the oven and braise until the belly is tender, about 2 hours.

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Let cool in the braising liquid. Set the pork belly aside, then strain and reserve the liquid.Render the bacon in a heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat.

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Bacon

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Add the remaining onions and cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium, add the braised pork belly, ham hock, sauerkraut, caraway seeds, juniper berries and bay leaf. Cover with the reserved braising liquid and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer about 45 minutes.

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Juniper Berries

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Bay Leaves

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Add the potatoes, bratwurst, garlic sausage and honey to the sauerkraut, cover and steam together for 30 minutes more.To serve, slice the pork belly into serving pieces. Discard the bay leaf. Mound the sauerkraut on a generous platter and pile the meat and potatoes on top.Try out these recipes with sauerkraut on Food Republic:DBGB's Super Secret Sauerkraut Recipe

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Bratwurst