Choucroute

Last Updated on December 10, 2024

Food from Alsace. Smoked meat, sausages, smoked pork belly, cabbage, potatoes …. all cooked together in one pot.

Ingredients:

250 g of pound smoked meat 200 g 300 g smoked pork belly 400 g potatoes 150 g of sauerkraut 3 dcl unsweetened white wine 3 cl of cherry or other fruit spirit 0.5 l beef stock 3 pcs juniper berries 2 pcs of leeks 1 pcs of larger onions 1 pc apple 2 tbsp lard (preferably goose) pepper salt

Procedure:

1. Fry finely chopped onion in lard
2. Add the sauerkraut and simmer for about 5 minutes
3. Pour in the wine, add the peeled and chopped apple, juniper, pour in the broth and simmer (the cabbage must be submerged), cook under a lid for about 2-
3 hours
4. About halfway through cooking, add the pork belly and smoked meat, later the sausage and finally the spirit, season with salt and pepper
5. Serve on a platter
6.

Recommendation:

Serve potatoes cooked in the skin as a side dish.

Note:

Note:

Meat shapes are freely variable!