Ham Cassoulet Recipe
Ingredients
| Ham hocks | 1 pound | |
| 1 pound white pea beans | ||
| Half and Half | 1/2 Ounce | |
| Tomato juice | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| 2 large onions, each stuck with 4 cloves | ||
| Garlic | 4 Clove (5gm), peeled | |
| Bay leaves | 2 | |
| Dried thyme | 1 Teaspoon | |
| 1 pound boneless lamb or chicken, cubed | ||
| 3 to 4 hot Spanish sausages, cut up | ||
| Boneless pork | 1 pound, cubed | |
| Bacon fat | 3 Tablespoon | |
| Ground pepper | 1 To taste | |
| 2 large onions, chopped fine | ||
| Salt | To Taste | |
Directions
Place the ham hocks, pea beans, consomme, tomato juice, whole onions, garlic, bay leaves, and thyme in a large saucepan.
Add enough water to cover by 1/2 inch and bring to a boil.
Turn the flame as low as possible, cover, and barely simmer for 5 hours; add more water if necessary.
When the 5 hours are about up, presoak a large clay pot, top and bottom, in water for 15 minutes.
In a frying pan, brown the lamb, sausage, and pork in the bacon fat.
Add salt and pepper to taste, then place in the presoaked pot.
In the same frying pan, brown the chopped onions in the meat drippings, then add to the meat in the pot, along with the ham hock bean mixture. (The combination should be soupy; you may have to add a small amount of consomme.)
Cover the pot and place in a cold oven.
Set the oven temperature at 450 degrees.
Cook for 1 hour.
Add enough water to cover by 1/2 inch and bring to a boil.
Turn the flame as low as possible, cover, and barely simmer for 5 hours; add more water if necessary.
When the 5 hours are about up, presoak a large clay pot, top and bottom, in water for 15 minutes.
In a frying pan, brown the lamb, sausage, and pork in the bacon fat.
Add salt and pepper to taste, then place in the presoaked pot.
In the same frying pan, brown the chopped onions in the meat drippings, then add to the meat in the pot, along with the ham hock bean mixture. (The combination should be soupy; you may have to add a small amount of consomme.)
Cover the pot and place in a cold oven.
Set the oven temperature at 450 degrees.
Cook for 1 hour.
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