Choucroute Garnie Simple Recipe
Choucroute Garnie Simple Recipe Ingredients: 3 pounds sauerkraut 1/2 pound chunk bacon 2 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup carrots, thinly sliced 1 cup onions, thinly sliced parsley sprigs 1 bay leaf 6 peppercorns 10 juniper berries (or 1/4 cup gin) 1 1/2 cups beef bouillon 3/4 cup water 1 cup dry white wine salt 1 2 to 3 pound smoked pork butt 1 kielbasa 4 knockwurst 3 smoked bratwurst 3 unsmoked veal sausages Instructions: Drain the sauerkraut. Place in a large bowl and cover with cold water. Soak for 20 minutes, changing the water twice. Drain again. Then take up large handfuls and squeeze out as much water as possible. Set aside. Remove the rind from the bacon and cut into strips about two inches long and one half inch wide. Blanch bacon by placing in a saucepan and covering with two quarts of cold water. Bring to a boil, then simmer 10 minutes. Drain. Melt the butter in a two and one half or three quart casserole. Add the blanched bacon, carrots and on...