Bigos (Polish Hunter's Stew)

by Tom Ashworth

20 servings

Dried Mushrooms

• 70 gdried mushrooms (porcini or other forest mushrooms)
• ≈ 710 gwater, for soaking

Stew

• 500 gpork shoulder
• 500 gbeef chuck
• ≈ 12 gsalt, for the meat
• black pepper, for the meat
• ≈ 54 to 82 goil
• ≈ 335 gsmoked bacon
• ≈ 300 glarge onion
• 450 gbutton mushrooms
• 1400 gsmall head of white cabbage
• 1000 gsmoked kielbasa
• ≈ 505 gchicken, beef or vegetable stock
• 340 gtomato paste
• ≈ 24 gsalt
• ≈ 1.5 to 2 gbay leaves
• ≈ 6 ggarlic
• 1 gwhole black peppercorns
• 3.5 gwhole allspice berries
• ≈ 2.5 gground black pepper
• 3000 gsauerkraut
• ≈ 115 gpitted prunes