Potee Savoyard Recipes

Steps:

• Heat a Dutch oven or other large, heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high. Swirl in oil. Add onion, cut-sides down, and sausages; cook, turning sausages a few times, until browned in places, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer sausages (but not onion) to a plate.
• Season pork shoulder generously with salt and pepper; add to pot with ham hock and 3 quarts water. Bundle parsley, thyme, and bay leaf with twine and add to pot. Bring to a boil, skimming impurities from surface. Reduce heat to low; simmer, covered, until pork is tender, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Transfer pork and ham to plate with sausages; discard herb bundle and onion. Skim impurities and excess fat from surface of broth.
• Add potatoes, carrots, celery, pumpkin, cabbage, leeks, and browned sausages to pot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, until vegetables are just tender, 15 to 18 minutes.
• Meanwhile, shred pork and any meat on hock into bite-size pieces, discarding skin, bones, and excess fat. Return meat and any accumulated juices to pot; season to taste. Serve stew with parsley leaves and cheese toasts on the side.

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Immerse the bacon, pig foot, ham hock and pig neck and boil for about 1 hour. Wash all the cabbages, add a touch of vinegar, and then drain. Combine the peppercorns, juniper berries, cumin, bay leaves and cloves in a cheesecloth and tie string around the top to make a bouquet garni.
• After 1 hour of boiling the meats, add the bouquet garni, sausages, turnips, carrots, garlic and onions and cook for about 30 minutes.
• To serve, arrange the meats and vegetables on a platter and reserve the bouillon from the meats to dip bread in.

Steps:

• Thinly slice the onions and garlic.
• Heat oil in a small skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and garlic and saute until tender and just starting to brown. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Slice the potatoes very thinly or use a mandolin.
• In a glass baking dish just large enough to hold ingredients (I use an 8" X 11" (20 X 27.5cm) oval baking dish) lay 1/3rd of the potatoes, spread half of the sauteed onions over the potatoes and lay half of the cheese on the onions. Repeat once. Top with remaining 1/3 of the potatoes. Sprinkle the nutmeg over the top. Pour the stock over all, sprinkle with Parmesan. cover with foil and bake at 425F (215C) for 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 400F (200C) and continue baking another 30 minutes. Remove foil for last 15 minutes of baking. Remove from oven, let rest 5 minutes, then serve.
• Cover with foil and bake at 425F (215C) for 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 400F (200C) and continue baking another 30 minutes. Remove foil for last 15 minutes of baking. Remove from oven, let rest 5 minutes, then serve.
• original recipe at easygourmetdinners

Steps:

• In a heavy skillet heat 1 tablespoon oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and brown onion, cut sides down. In a 7- to 8-quart heavy kettle combine onion, smoked pork, water, bay leaf, peppercorns, thyme, and parsley sprigs and simmer, covered, 1 hour.
• Prick each sausage in several places to prevent skins from bursting when browning. In skillet heat remaining 1/2 tablespoon oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and brown sausages. Transfer sausages to paper towels to drain. Stir celery into soup and put cabbage leaves on top. Simmer soup, covered, 15 minutes.
• Lifting cabbage leaves, stir sausages, leeks, turnips, and carrots into soup and simmer, covered, until carrots are tender, about 10 minutes. Soup may be prepared up to this point 1 day ahead. Cool soup, uncovered, and chill, covered. Reheat soup before proceeding with recipe.
• Transfer smoked pork to a cutting board and slice.
• Arrange cabbage leaves in bottoms of 6 large soup bowls and stir chopped parsley and salt and pepper to taste into soup. Arrange vegetables, smoked pork, and sausages in bowls and ladle desired amount of broth over mixture.