Bigos

Name: Bigos (Sauerkraut with Meat, Game, etc)
Cuisine: Poland
Ingredients: 1 tumbler of vodka; 1 onion; 1 glass of either white or red wine.; 1 glass of either white or red wine.; 6 ozs. of any kinds of mixed cooked meat, including poultry and game; 6 ozs. of any kinds of mixed cooked meat, including poultry and game; 2¼ lbs. of sauerkraut; 1 oz. of gammon; 1 or 2 apples, cut in dice; 4 ozs. of pork sausages; 6 ozs. of any kinds of mixed cooked meat, including poultry and game; 2 tablespoons of tomato purée; 2 tablespoons of flour, a few tablespoons of meat glaze; 2 tablespoons of flour, a few tablespoons of meat glaze; 2 ozs. of lard

Sauerkraut with Meat, Game, etc.

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes of all Nations

By Countess Morphy

Published 1935

About

This is a typically Polish dish and is extremely popular throughout the country. It will keep for weeks, and is a favourite dish for shooting expeditions, being warmed up on a wooden fire in the forests.

Ingredients

2¼ lbs. of sauerkraut
6 ozs. of any kinds of mixed cooked meat, including poultry and game

Europe
Poland
Main course
Eastern Europe

Method

Wash the sauerkraut and blanch it in boiling water, and drain. Melt the lard in a saucepan and, when hot, fry the chopped onion till brown, adding the flour. Then add some of the meat glaze, tomato purée, vodka and wine. Mix well. Put a layer of sauerkraut in an earthenware casserole, cover with a layer of the different meats and the sausage, cut in small slices, and the diced