Dinnerchallenging180 minServes 8est. £4.15/servingPolish

Bigos (Polish Hunter's Stew)

Name: Bigos (Polish Hunter's Stew)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 160 min
Total time: 180 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Polish
Ingredients: 800g white cabbage; 750g beef shin; 250g smoked bacon; 400g smoked pork sausage; 220g onion; 100g dried mushrooms; 200g prunes; 2tbsp tomato purée; 90ml red wine; 250ml beef stock; 2tbsp lard; 1 bay leaf; 12 black peppercorns; 2 whole cloves; 4 juniper berries; 4 allspice berries

Poland's national stew: white cabbage, chunks of beef, bacon, kielbasa-style sausage, dried mushrooms, prunes, and red wine, slow-cooked for hours until impossibly rich and dark. Gets noticeably better if you make it the day before. A proper winter batch-cook.

8 servings

£4.15 / serving - est.

Costs are estimated average UK prices and may vary.

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white cabbage

800 g

8pest.

beef shin

750 g

£1.00est.

smoked bacon

250 g

80pest.

smoked pork sausage

400 g

80pest.

onion

220 g

10pest.

dried mushrooms

100 g

£3.50est.

prunes

200 g

45pest.

tomato purée

2 tbsp

20pest.

red wine

90 ml

20pest.

beef stock

250 ml

20pest.

lard

2 tbsp

15pest.

bay leaf

5pest.

black peppercorns

80pest.

whole cloves

£2.00est.

juniper berries

£1.80est.

allspice berries

£1.80est.