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- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- From: am@u.washington.edu (Amy Michaels)
- Subject: Chouxcroute Alsacienne
- Organization: University of Washington
- References: <38e5bm$9fs@junior.wariat.org>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 21:21:00 +0000
- Message-ID: <10261994212114um@alexr.demon.co.uk>
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- This is one I've adapted from _Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook_:
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- Champagne Saurkraut
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- 1/4 lb. bacon
- 2 jars best quality saurkraut
- 2 suckling pig's feet or 1 lb. pig neck bones
- 2 small onions, quartered
- 4 thin carrots, peeled and cut into 2 inch pieces
- 10 juniper berries
- 1/2 bottle champagne or a good Alsatian white wine
- About a quart of good quality chicken stock
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- The garnish:
- 1 lb. garlic sausages
- 1 lb. pork chops
- 2 lbs. red potatoes, cut into 1 inch pieces
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- Method: Brown bacon in the botton of a 6-8 quart ovenproof casserole.
- When fat has been rendered, set aside bacon pieces, and leave fat in the
- botton of the dish. Rinse saurkraut very well to remove brine. Then
- squeeze into tennis-ball sizes mounds to get out the water--separate and
- dry well with paper towels. Layer about 1/3 in bottom of bacon pan.
- Arrange bacon pieces, pig's feet or bones, onions, carrots, and juniper
- on top of the saurkraut. Then add the rest of the saurkraut. Pour wine
- evenly over the whole lot. Then add chicken stock carefully--you want
- the casserole to be damp but not soupy. Reserve any extra stock for the
- cooking process.
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- Cut out a parchment circle to fit over the top, cover with the circle and
- a lid, and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for one hour, 15 min.
- Check every so often, and if top is drying out, add more stock. About 40
- min. before the time is up, add the meat and potatoes, tucking them into
- the top layer of saurkraut. Serve the saurkraut with the meat and potato
- garnish, carrots and onions if you feel like it (but probably not the
- pig's feet :)), and the same wine that you cooked with.
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- Voila!
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