Bigos (Polish Hunter's Stew)

by Tom Ashworth

5 servings

Dried Mushrooms

• 175 mldried mushrooms (porcini or other forest mushrooms)
• 175 mlwater, for soaking

Stew

• 125 gpork shoulder
• 125 gbeef chuck
• 2.5 mlsalt, for the meat
• black pepper, for the meat
• 15 to 22 mloil
• 3 slicessmoked bacon
• ½large onion
• 115 gbutton mushrooms
• ½ headsmall head of white cabbage
• 250 gsmoked kielbasa
• 125 mlchicken, beef or vegetable stock
• 85 gtomato paste
• 5 mlsalt
• 2 to 2 ½ leavesbay leaves
• ½ clovegarlic
• 5whole black peppercorns
• 5whole allspice berries
• 1 mlground black pepper
• 750 gsauerkraut
• 3pitted prunes