The Hochepot

Open oven cooking

Fans are very divided on the composition of this unique, very old dish. In the 16th century, it referred more to a kind of stew made from minced meat, turnips and chestnuts cooked in an earthenware pot. Today, it is sometimes likened to a stew of low cuts. It's actually a very hearty hotpot that combines various meats and vegetables.

This recipe is for two meals. The diversity of ingredients leads to an abundance that can hardly be restricted.

Ingredients: For 8 people

You'll need :

• 3 pig's feet, 2 pig's ears
• 800g unsmoked salted bacon
• 1 kg of oxtail
• 1 Kg of rib dish
• 800g mutton neck
• 1 sausage to cook
• 1 large onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• 5 white leeks
• 8 beautiful carrots
• 1 medium celeriac
• 4 turnips
• 1 cabbage (beef heart or head)
• Salt, pepper, parsley, bouquet garni
• Cloves and juniper berries.

Preparation time: 20 mins

Material :

1 large 8-litre clay or cast-iron casserole dish.

1 pot for potatoes

Baking: around 3h30 at 180°C - 200°C in a closed oven

Preparation :

1. Arrange all the meats, except the sausage, cut into pieces in the terrine and cover with cold water. Bake for three quarters of an hour.
2. Prepare the vegetables except potatoes and cabbage. Mince them.
3. Remove the terrine from the oven, skim the broth and incorporate the vegetables, season. Bake again for two hours.
4. Wash the potatoes and place them with their skins in an earthen pot containing two glasses of water and a bay leaf. Bake for about an hour and a half.
5. Detail the cabbage and blanch it for ten minutes in a casserole dish.
6. Remove the terrine from the oven, add the drained cabbage and the sausage cut into pieces. Bake again for about forty minutes.
7. This recipe benefits from simmering slowly and for a long time.

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