Choucroute Garni

Total Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb lamb ribs or 1 lb lean lamb chop
• oil (optional)
• 1 apple, sliced
• 1 onion, sliced
• 20 ounces sauerkraut, undrained
• 2 medium potatoes, cut into chunks
• alsatian riesling wine, enough to cover
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 tablespoon gin, see note

Recipe

• 1 note: instead of gin, 1 tablespoon juniper berries may be used. use wine if you can't find alsatian riseling.
• 2 brown the lamb in a heavy skillet. only add the oil if needed. suggest using pam. when brown remove the excess drippings.
• 3 layer apple, onion, lamb and half the sauerkraut in a large pot.
• 4 missing step added 7/4/2007: add the potatoes and the rest of the sauerkraut.
• 5 cover completely with the wine. add the bay, garlic and gin. cover and bake in preheated oven for 2 hours.
• 6 like that missing step was so hard. blame my bad memory. i found a duplicate magazine.