Alsatian Choucroute Recipes

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ALSATIAN CHOUCROUTE GARNI



Alsatian Choucroute Garni image

Choucroute garni combines the smoky flavors of several sorts of sausage, pork butt, and thick-cut bacon with the pungent perfume of sauerkraut, bay leav es, juniper berries, and caraway seeds.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Ingredients     Meat & Poultry     Pork Recipes

Number Of Ingredients 22

1 teaspoon whole coriander seeds
1 teaspoon whole juniper berries
4 whole cloves
1/2 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
1/2 teaspoon whole caraway seeds
2 dried bay leaves
6 garlic cloves, crushed
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 medium onions, thinly sliced
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
1 pound double-smoked bacon, cut into 1-inch-thick slices
1/2 pound fresh bacon or salt pork (in 1 piece)
1 1/4 pounds smoked pork butt, sliced crosswise into 1-inch-thick pieces
4 pounds fresh sauerkraut, rinsed and drained
1 bottle (750 mL) dry Riesling
8 medium red or Yukon gold potatoes, or a combination (about 1 1/2 pounds total), peeled if desired
8 small carrots, peeled
3 coarse-textured smoked pork sausages, such as Hungarian kielbasa, bauerwurst, or smoked bratwurst (12 ounces total)
3 fine-textured pork-and-beef sausages, such as knockwurst or frankfurters (12 ounces total)
3 mild-spiced fine-textured white vealand-pork sausages, such as weisswurst or bockwurst (12 ounces total)
Fresh parsley sprigs, for garnish
Variety of mustards, for serving

Steps:

  • Make a spice bundle: Place spices, bay leaves, and garlic on a square of cheesecloth; tie into bundle with kitchen twine.
  • Heat oil in a very large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onions and salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes. Add bacon, pork butt, and spice bundle. Cover with sauerkraut. Add wine and enough water to come 1 inch below sauerkraut. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover, and simmer 45 minutes.
  • Add potatoes and carrots. Cover; cook until almost tender, about 20 minutes.
  • Using a skewer or the tip of a paring knife, poke a few holes into each sausage to prevent them from bursting. Place kielbasa in a dry skillet over medium heat. Cook, turning often, until browned, about 8 minutes. Put all sausages into the Dutch oven; cover, and cook until heated through, about 15 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer sausages and vegetables to a plate. Drain sauerkraut, and arrange on a serving platter. Arrange sausages and vegetables on top. Garnish with parsley, and serve with mustards.

CHOUCROUTE ALSATIAN



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Provided by James Beard

Categories     Pork     Carrot     White Wine     Winter     House & Garden

Yield Serves 8

Number Of Ingredients 9

3 pounds sauerkraut
1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds
12 peppercorns, or 1/4 teaspoon coarsely cracked pepper
2 carrots, scraped and cubed
1 pound smoked pork butt (boneless), trimmed and thickly sliced
4-6 pork shoulder chops, bone removed
1 cup Rhine or Alsatian wine
1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1/2 pound knockwurst

Steps:

  • Combine the sauerkraut, caraway seeds, peppercorns or cracked pepper and carrots. Place in the bottom of a large kettle. Arrange the pork butt slices and the shoulder chops over the top of the sauerkraut. Add the wine and salt, cover tightly and cook over very low heat 2-3 hours. This dish tastes best if cooked a day ahead, as it should be prepared at least 6 hours before serving time and allowed to stand. Reheat, adding knockwurst, approximately 20 minutes before serving. Serve with boiled or mashed potatoes.

ALSATIAN CHOUCROUTE



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One-Dish Sabbath meals like choucroute and pot-au-feu are for Alsatians what cholent is for Jews from eastern Europe. In the nineteenth century, the author Alexandre Weill mentioned the Sabbath lunch meal of his childhood, which included a dish of pearl barley or beans, choucroute, and kugel, made with mostly dried pear or plum. Choucroute with sausage and corned beef is also eaten at Purim and has particular significance. The way the sausage "hangs" in Alsatian butcher shops is a reminder of how the evil Haman, who wanted to kill all the Jews, was hanged. Sometimes Alsatians call the fat hunk of corned or smoked beef "the Haman." Michèle Weil, a doctor in Strasbourg, makes sauerkraut on Friday, lets it cool, and just reheats it for Saturday lunch. She varies her meal by adding pickelfleisch, duck confit, chicken or veal sausages, and sometimes smoked goose breast. You can make this dish as I have suggested, or vary the amounts and kinds of meats. Choucroute is a great winter party dish; the French will often eat it while watching rugby games on television. When you include the corned beef, you can most certainly feed a whole crowd.

Yield 8 to 10 servings

Number Of Ingredients 26

2 pounds sauerkraut
2 tablespoons duck fat or vegetable oil
5 whole duck legs, cut into thighs and drumsticks
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
2 medium onions, peeled and chopped (about 2 1/2 cups)
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 carrots, peeled and cut into large rounds
10 juniper berries, or 1/2 cup gin
6 peppercorns
2 bay leaves
2 cups dry white wine
2 cups chicken broth, plus more if necessary
12 small Red Bliss or Yukon Gold potatoes
5 garlic-chicken sausages, beef sausages, or hot dogs
One 3-to-4-pound corned beef (see preceding recipe)
Mustard or mustard sauce (recipe follows) as garnish
Horseradish as garnish
2 tablespoons strong French Dijon mustard
2/3 cup red-wine vinegar
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
1 scant cup peanut or safflower oil
2 large shallots, diced
2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1 French cornichon or Russian gherkin, diced (optional)
(about 2 cups)

Steps:

  • Wash the sauerkraut in cold water, and drain. Wash and drain again, squeezing it to eliminate as much water as possible.
  • Preheat the oven to 325 degrees, and heat the duck fat or oil in a large ovenproof casserole.
  • Season the duck legs with salt and freshly ground pepper, and brown them on both sides. Remove the duck legs to a plate, leaving the duck fat that has accumulated in the pan. Add the onions, the garlic, and the carrots, and sauté for about 5 minutes, or until the onions are translucent. Scatter the sauerkraut over the vegetables, and stir to incorporate. Tuck the duck legs into the sauerkraut, then add the juniper berries or gin, peppercorns, and bay leaves. Pour in the white wine and enough chicken broth almost to cover the sauerkraut. Bring to a boil on top of the stove, cover, and remove to the oven to cook for 2 hours, or until the liquid is absorbed by the sauerkraut.
  • While the sauerkraut is cooking, cook the potatoes in boiling salted water, and then peel. Sauté the sausages or hot dogs in a hot pan, or boil them for about 5 minutes.
  • Take the sauerkraut out of the oven and taste, adjusting the seasoning if necessary. Add the potatoes, sausages or hot dogs, and corned beef to the casserole, and return to the oven for about 20 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender. Remove the corned beef and slice against the grain. Serve on a large platter with piles of sauerkraut, duck legs, sausages, corned beef slices, and potatoes, and with a variety of mustards or mustard sauce and horseradish alongside.
  • Put the mustard and the vinegar in a small bowl and stir together. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper, and slowly whisk in the oil.
  • Just before serving, stir in the shallots, chives, parsley, and, if you like, the pickle.

CHOUCROUTE GARNIE



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Categories     Pork     Potato     Bake     Sauté     Super Bowl     White Wine     Fall     Winter     Oktoberfest     Bon Appétit

Yield Makes 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 18

1 3/4 pounds smoked meaty ham hocks
1 pound fully cooked bratwurst
8 ounces thick-sliced bacon strips, cut crosswise into 1-inch pieces
2 large onions, chopped
1teaspoon juniper berries (optional)
1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
10 whole cloves
8 whole allspice
3 bay leaves
3 Red Delicious apples, unpeeled, cored, cut into 1-inch pieces
2 2-pound jars sauerkraut, squeezed dry
2 pounds fully cooked kielbasa, cut diagonally into 1-inch pieces
1 pound fully cooked knockwurst
2 cups Alsatian Pinot Blanc or other dry white wine
2 pounds small red-skinned potatoes
2/3 cup chopped fresh parsley
Assorted mustards
Prepared white horseradish

Steps:

  • Place ham hocks in large saucepan. Add enough water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until meat is very tender, about 2 hours. Transfer hocks to medium bowl. Boil broth until reduced to 2 cups, about 15 minutes. Remove meat from bones; discard bones. Place hock meat in medium bowl. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover hock meat and broth separately; chill.)
  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Heat heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add bratwurst and bacon. Sauté until bacon is crisp and bratwurst is brown, about 10 minutes. Place in bowl with hock meat.
  • Add onions, spices and bay leaves to same pot. Sauté until onions are tender, about 5 minutes. Add apples; sauté 2 minutes. Mix in sauerkraut. Add all meats; press to submerge. Add reserved broth and wine. Boil 10 minutes. Cover choucroute and bake 1 1/2 hours.
  • Meanwhile, cook potatoes in pot of boiling salted water until tender, about 18 minutes. Drain; cool slightly. Cut potatoes in half. Dip cut sides into parsley. Arrange sauerkraut and meats on platter. Surround with potatoes. Serve with mustards and horseradish.

ALSATIAN CHOUCROUTE



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Provided by Food Network

Yield 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 17

6 pounds sauerkraut
4 ounces duck fat
1 large onion, julienned
1 teaspoon garlic, chopped
4 bay leaves
1-ounce juniper berries
1/2 bunch thyme
1 (750 ml) bottle Reisling wine
1 pound smoked bacon
8 pieces ham shanks (cured and salted)
1-quart chicken stock
8 large red bliss potatoes
4 pieces Weisswurst (veal and chicken sausage)
4 pieces Bauernwurst (salted smoked pork sausage
8 pieces Weiner (hot dog)
8 pieces smoked pork chop, cooked
Dijon mustard, for serving

Steps:

  • Wash sauerkraut thoroughly, put aside. In a rondeau melt the duck fat and saute the onion until tender, add garlic bay leaves, juniper berries and thyme. Saute until golden brown, deglaze with Reisling wine. Add 1/2 of the sauerkraut, place bacon slab and ham shanks in the middle and then top with remaining sauerkraut. Pour chicken stock over making sure it covers the sauerkraut (if not enough, add water). Cover the pan with foil and place in a preheated 350 degrees oven for 1 1/2 hours. Wash red bliss potatoes and steam whole for 30 to 40 minutes. Peel potatoes and set aside. Cut sausages in half and warm in boiling water. Place pork chops in oven to warm. Take sauerkraut out of the oven and remove bacon and ham shanks. Slice the bacon in half. Remove pork chops out of oven. Place sauerkraut in the center of a large oval tray, place all meats around sauerkraut, place bacon and ham shanks, on top of sauerkraut. Place warm potatoes around with the meat, Serve Dijon mustard on the side.

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