Mostly for Ladysprite: Bigos

[fractalgeek]

Here's a family economy/bucket cooking version of a Polish hunter's stew, Bigos. My step-grandfather was Polish, so I'm sure there was some influence from that quarter. Serves 2-4.

1 medium cabbage, sliced thinly

4-8 thick sausages (usually pork, but a mixture of different pork, beef and venison would be closer to the original

Comments

[moiramisu]

That looks really tasty, and simple to make. Thank you for sharing it!

[fractalgeek]

It's simple enough to make in really large quantities for mass catering, and is high up my list for a fine winter warmer.

[sesquipedality]

The tomatoes are a bit odd, but the rest of it looks about right. I would substitute sauerkraut for actual cabbage though. Frankly, any meat you have to hand will be just fine. It's a hunter's stew and designed to use up bits of left over meat.

Mmmm, bigos. Shame I haven't had any for over 10 years since becoming veggie.

[fractalgeek]

Use Cauldron sausages (pref cumberland), and half-cook them first.

Unless you have enough meat in there to add significant flavour, the tomatoes give you a lot of flavour, It's not authentic, but it works. Tomatoes also add some of the acidity that you'd get from sauerkraut.

[summerstree]

I think I might give this a try!

[fractalgeek]

If I in range for dinner... :-)