Choucroute Garnie

• 1 bouquet garni made of 1 bay leaf, 8 juniper berries, 2

First cobble together your bouquet garni. This is not as fiddly as it sounds, or not the way I make it, which is by stuffing the bay leaf, juniper berries, cloves and sprigs of thyme into a popsock and tying a knot in it.

Melt 100 g of the goose fat in a heavy casserole – I use a large cast