Bigos (Polish Hunter's Stew)

by Tom Ashworth

10 servings

Dried Mushrooms

• 35 gdried mushrooms (porcini or other forest mushrooms)
• ≈ 355 gwater, for soaking

Stew

• 250 gpork shoulder
• 250 gbeef chuck
• ≈ 6 gsalt, for the meat
• black pepper, for the meat
• ≈ 27 to 41 goil
• ≈ 170 gsmoked bacon
• ≈ 150 glarge onion
• 225 gbutton mushrooms
• 700 gsmall head of white cabbage
• 500 gsmoked kielbasa
• ≈ 255 gchicken, beef or vegetable stock
• 170 gtomato paste
• ≈ 12 gsalt
• ≈ 0.8 to 1 gbay leaves
• ≈ 3 ggarlic
• 0.6 gwhole black peppercorns
• 1.5 gwhole allspice berries
• ≈ 1 gground black pepper
• 1500 gsauerkraut
• ≈ 57 gpitted prunes