Polish hunter's stew
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3 hours
The traditional Polish hunter's stew, called bigos, is chock-a-block with big flavours from sauerkraut, bacon, beef and sausage. Even better next day!
Jacek
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Ingredients
Serves: 8
- 1 handful dried mushrooms
- 1 tablespoon lard
- 250g bacon, diced
- 500g beef stewing steak, cubed
- 1 (900g) jar sauerkraut
- 1 medium cabbage, shredded
- 6 juniper or allspice berries
- 4 bay leaves
- salt and pepper to taste
- 240ml dry red wine
- 200g Polish sausage, halved and sliced
- 2 tablespoons honey
Method
Prep:30min ›
Cook:2hr ›
Extra time:30min soaking ›
Ready in:3hr
- Soak mushrooms in hot water for about 30 minutes.
- Melt the lard in a large casserole and add bacon, stirring until browned. Stir in cubed beef and cook until browned.
- Pour in soaked mushrooms with water. Add sauerkraut and cabbage, juniper or allspice berries, bay leaves and salt, pepper to taste.
- Pour in 500ml water and simmer until beef is tender. Stir in red wine, sausage and honey, mix well. Simmer for 20 minutes.
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Delicious, a real taste of traditional Polish cuisine! Not only tasty, but full of 'superfood' goodness in the form of cabbage! I had to make one change: I didn't have dried mushrooms, so I added large pieces of (Polish) mushrooms in with the sausages etc at the last stage. - 19 Nov 2016