Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, cassoulet. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Cassoulet is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Cassoulet is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
Soak Great Northern beans in water in a large bowl overnight. Drain beans and place into a large soup pot. Layers of duck, two kinds of sausage, a hearty ragout, and beans make this the comfort meal to end all comfort meals. It's an occasion to break out the biggest pot you own.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have cassoulet using 15 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Cassoulet:
- Prepare 8 oz pork belly, cubed
- Get 4 skin-on chicken legs, thigh and leg separated
- Make ready 1 lb sausage (4-5 links)
- Get 2 Tbsp duck fat
- Prepare 1 lb beans, soaked 24 hours
- Take 1 onion, diced
- Make ready 2 carrots, cut in 3" sticks
- Prepare 2 celery stalks, cut in 3" sticks
- Prepare 9-10 garlic cloves, whole
- Make ready 6 cloves
- Prepare 2 bay leaves
- Prepare 1/4 cup parsley (handful)
- Take 1 qt chicken stock
- Get 3 (1/4 oz) packets gelatin
- Get salt and pepper
A meaty stew of poultry, sausage, pork, and beans, all under a rich, dark brown crust. [Photographs: J. Kenji Lopez-Alt] The first time I had cassoulet in its home turf it was a revelation. Although there are innumerable versions of cassoulet, most are based on a stew of white beans and various forms of pork. The dish gets its name from the pot it's traditionally baked in, the cassole.
Instructions to make Cassoulet:
- Preheat oven to 300 F.
- In a dutch oven, melt the duck fat over high heat.
- Hydrate the gelatin in the stock, by sprinkling the dry gelatin over the stock and letting it sit.
- Season the chicken and pork belly with salt and lots of black pepper. - If you can't find pork belly, you can use salt pork, but omit the salt from the recipe.
- Brown the pork belly, and remove from dutch oven.
- Brown the chicken and remove from dutch oven.
- Brown the sausage links and any spare chicken that didn't fit into the pot with the original chicken, and remove from the dutch oven.
- Add the veggies, cloves, and bay leaves, scraping the fond from the bottom of the pan. Sauté until onions are translucent.
- Add the stock/gelatin, parsley, and the beans. Stir to distribute and transfer the dutch oven to the oven with the lid ajar and cook for 40 min.
- Remove the carrot, celery, bay, and cloves from the dutch oven.
- Add the reserved meat to the dutch oven arranging the chicken so that it's skin side up. Add water, if needed, to cover the beans.
- Return the dutch oven to the oven and continue to cook, with the lid ajar for 2 more hours. Check the cassoulet occasionally to make sure there is enough liquid to cover beans. If needed, add water.
- Plate with a garnish of parsley.
Although there are innumerable versions of cassoulet, most are based on a stew of white beans and various forms of pork. The dish gets its name from the pot it's traditionally baked in, the cassole. Cassoulet is a French country stew with white beans, chicken, sausage, bacon and vegetables. It's a comfort food recipe you'll love! Cooler weather calls for hearty soul-warming recipes.
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