Cassoulet

Make Cassoulet at home

Ingredients

• 1 lb (450 g) dried white beans, soaked overnight
• 8 oz (225 g) salt pork or thick bacon, diced
• 4 duck legs (confit or fresh)
• 1 lb (450 g) pork sausage
• 1 onion, chopped, and 1 onion studded with 2 cloves
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 can (14 oz) chopped tomatoes
• 1 carrot and 1 bouquet garni (thyme, bay, parsley)
• 3 cups (700 ml) chicken stock
• 1 cup breadcrumbs

How it's made

1. Drain the beans, cover with fresh water and simmer with the clove onion, carrot and bouquet garni for 45 minutes.
2. Brown the salt pork, sausage and duck legs in a large pot, then remove.
3. Cook the chopped onion and garlic in the fat, add the tomatoes and cook 5 minutes.
4. Drain the beans and mix them with the tomato mixture; add stock to nearly cover.
5. Nestle the duck and sausage (sliced) into the beans and bake covered at 325 F (160 C) for 1 1/2 hours.
6. Uncover, sprinkle with breadcrumbs and bake 30 to 40 minutes until a crust forms.
7. Rest 10 minutes and serve straight from the pot.