Choucroute Garnie

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs sauerkraut (preferably,from a jar or vac pac bag)
• 4 ounces roughly diced bacon
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 3 carrots, diced
• 1 unpeeled granny smith apple, grated
• 1 teaspoon caraway seed
• 1 bouquet garni
• 8 juniper berries
• 8 ounces wine
• 1 3/4 pints chicken stock
• 1 1/2 ounces butter
• 1 lb diced lean lamb
• 1 lb smoked lamb sausage, eg.kransky,knackwurst,cut into thick diagonal slices
• 4 tablespoons chopped parsley

Recipe

• 1 soak saurkraut for 30 mins in cold water.
• 2 drain.
• 3 cook bacon in a frying pan for about 5 mins, add oil,onion,carrots and cook, stirring until onion is golden.
• 4 place saurkraut,in a casserole dish, stir in bacon mixture, apple and carraway seeds.
• 5 add juniper berries,boquet garni, wine and enough stock to just cover.
• 6 top with buttered greaseproof paper and bring to simmering, cook for 30mins adding stock to stop any drying.
• 7 (this can be done in oven or in large pan on stove top.) meltbutter in frying pan and cook lamb stirring until golden.
• 8 add lamb and sausage to casserole cook about 2 hours or until tender.
• 9 remove boquet garni, sprinkle with chopped parsley.
• 10 serve with ryebread, boiled potatoes and german style mustard.