POT AU FEU RECIPE

Pot Au Feu is a classic French recipe. Learn how to make/prepare Pot Au Feu by following this easy recipe.


Ingredients:

• 4 lb Pork • 4 lb Chicken • 4 lb Beef • 3 Cans of beef stock and water • Vegetable stock: • 3 carrots, 3 onions, 2 celery stalks • Herb bouquet with parsley sprigs, thyme, bay leaf, garlic cloves, peppercorns • For Vegetable Garnish: • 2 Onions • 6 Turnips • 10 Carrots • 6 Leeks • Salt to taste

How to make Pot Au Feu:

• Pierce the onions of the vegetable stock with cloves and place the beef in a kettle with the vegetable stock and the herb bouquet. • Cover it with beef stock and water and cook on moderate heat, bring it to the simmer and skim. • Cover 2/3 of the kettle and simmer gradually for about 1 hour. • Add the pork and chicken to it and bring back to the simmer and skim. • Simmer for about 1 hour and a half on moderate heat. • Peel and cut onions, carrots and turnips and trim leeks for garnishing. • Add this to the chicken mixture and bring back to the simmer again. • Add salt to it and simmer over moderate heat for about 2 hours more.