Potee Savoyard Recipes

POTEE SAVOYARD

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.

SAVOIARDI I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line three jelly roll pans with parchment paper. Prepare a pastry bag with a size 6 tip (1/2 inch).
• Separate the eggs. Whisk the egg yolks with 1/2 of the sugar and all of the vanilla. Beat until very light colored. This will take about 5 minutes.
• In a clean bowl, beat the egg whites until they hold soft peaks. While beating, slowly add the salt and the remaining sugar until combined. Gently fold the beaten egg whites into the egg yolk mixture.
• Sift the flour over the egg mixture and gently fold it in.
• Fill the pastry with half of the batter and pipe 3 1/2 inch fingers, 1 1/2 inches apart, in rows on the parchment paper. Continue with the second half of the batter in the same manner.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for about 15 minutes until firm to the touch and golden. Remove the paper and fingers from the baking sheet and place on racks to cool. After cooling, remove fingers from the paper and use, or store between layers of wax paper in a airtight container. These freeze well.

POTATOES SAVOYARDE: A CLASSIC GRATIN

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients. Preheat the oven to 375 F and butter a casserole or soufflé dish that is 6 to 7 inches in diameter.
• Arrange 1/3 of the potatoes in the bottom of the dish.
• Sprinkle with the salt, pepper, 1/3 of the garlic, 1/3 of the thyme, and 1/3 of the cheese. Repeat the process for two more layers.
• Add the hot beef or chicken stock, slowly pouring in along the edge of the baking dish to avoid disturbing the layers.
• Cover snugly with aluminum foil and bake for 25 minutes. Remove the foil and continue cooking for 20 minutes until browned.
• Serve hot and enjoy.

POTEE SAVOYARD

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.

SAVOY-STYLE SWISS POTATOES (GRATIN SAVOYARD)

Steps:

• Rub a shallow 2-quart baking dish liberally with cut clove of garlic, then generously grease with about 1/2 tablespoon of the butter.
• In a bowl, combine the lemon juice and water. Peel the potatoes, if desired, and cut into very thin slices; place in the lemon water until all are sliced.
• Drain potatoes well and arrange about 1/4 of the slices in an even layer in the prepared dish; sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper, then top with about 1/4 of the onions and of the cheese. Repeat layers, ending with cheese.
• Heat beef broth, then slowly pour over and around the potatoes. Dot top with remaining 2 tablespoons butter.
• Bake, uncovered, in a 350° oven for 1 1/2 hours or until potatoes are tender when pierced.

POTATOES SAVOYARD

Steps:

• Peel and slice potatoes, and cover with cold water until ready to use.
• In a lightly greased 6 to 8 cup baking dish, place two cups of potatoes on bottom, overlapping layers.
• Dot with half the butter; sprinkle with half the parsley, salt, Greek seasoning, pepper, and cheese.
• Place second layer of potatoes on top of first and repeat layer of butter, seasonings, and cheese.
• Pour boiling beef broth over the casserole.
• Bake uncovered in a preheated 400 degree Fahrenheit oven for 55 to 60 minutes, or until potatoes are fork tender, potato tops are browned, and broth is absorbed.

POTEE LORRAINE

Steps:

• Cook bacon in heavy 8-quart Dutch oven over high heat until fat is rendered, about 4 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer bacon to medium bowl. Pour off all but 2 tablespoons fat from pot and reserve. Heat fat in pot over high heat. Working in batches, add pork, sprinkle with salt and pepper and brown lightly on all sides. Transfer each batch to bowl with bacon. Add onions to pot. Reduce heat to medium; cook until tender, about 8 minutes. Return pork and bacon to pot. Add broth, wine and bay leaves. Cover; simmer 1 hour.
• Cut cabbage, carrots, turnips and potatoes into 3/4- to 1-inch pieces. Heat reserved bacon fat in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add cabbage and cook until wilted, stirring often, about 5 minutes. Add carrots, turnips and potatoes and stir 5 minutes. Add vegetables to pork. Cover and simmer until pork is tender, about 45 minutes.
• Add cannellini to stew. Simmer uncovered until stew thickens, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes. Add cloves. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm over medium heat, stirring frequently.) Cook green beans in large pot of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Drain and mix into stew. Ladle into shallow bowls and serve.

POTEE

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.