Bigos (Polish Hunter's Stew)

by Tom Ashworth

30 servings

Dried Mushrooms

• 1.06 ldried mushrooms (porcini or other forest mushrooms)
• 1.06 lwater, for soaking

Stew

• 750 gpork shoulder
• 750 gbeef chuck
• 15 mlsalt, for the meat
• black pepper, for the meat
• 89 to 135 mloil
• 18 slicessmoked bacon
• 3large onion
• 675 gbutton mushrooms
• 3 headssmall head of white cabbage
• 1500 gsmoked kielbasa
• 750 mlchicken, beef or vegetable stock
• 510 gtomato paste
• 30 mlsalt
• 12 to 15 leavesbay leaves
• 3 clovesgarlic
• 30whole black peppercorns
• 30whole allspice berries
• 7.5 mlground black pepper
• 4500 gsauerkraut
• 18pitted prunes