Name: Choucroute (Sauerkraut)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 30 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1,8 kilograms sauerkraut; 1 onion; 2 cloves of garlic; 1 dozen juniper berries; fat; sal; pepper; 1/2 liters white wine; 400 grams smoked pork belly; 400 grams loin of pork; beef saussage; 1 smoked pork shoulder; poached knuckle of ham; 1 dozen potatoes

Choucroute (Sauerkraut)

Undoubtedly the most famous dish of Alsatian gastronomy. The term sauerkraut is often wrongly associated with a complete dish. Sauerkraut is actually cabbage cut into strips using a special grater, which has been subjected to fermentation in brine. It is sauerkraut garnished which designates the complete dish consisting of sauerkraut and an assortment of meats and charcuterie. A dry white wine, preferably Riesling, or a beer will go perfectly with your garnished sauerkraut

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Prep Time 30 min Cook Time 3 hour Total Time 3 hrs 30 mins Difficulty: Advanced Servings: 6

Instructions

Wash with coldwater and dry off all surplus water. Place the sauerkraut in a casserole and add lightly browned onions, cloves, juniper berries, garlic, fat, sal and pepper and finally a glass of white wine (Riesling or crémant d'Alsace). Cover and cook for one hour.

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Add smoked bacon and loin of pork, and simmer gently for two hours.

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Place the sauerkraut on a dish and cover with the bacon and loin of pork, and simmer gently for two hours.

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Serve the beef saussage, pork shoulder and poached knuckle of ham on top.

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Surround the edge of the dish with steamed potatoes.

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Note

In Strasbourg, liver dumplings are added, in Colmar, Strasbourg sausages are replaced by Frankfurt sausages. Other pieces of cured pork can accompany sauerkraut, but never ham!

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