Hunter´s Broth

 

Buonasera, Good Afternoon,

 

This broth serves six hungry hunters, and although its origins hail from Macedo de Cavaleiro, in the Alto Douro and Tras Os Montes, Portugal; however, this soup can be prepared with freshly hunted game and / or  butcher cuts worldwide. This broth can be served as 1 big Hot Pot, or in 2 separate servings as done in the Mediterranean, called Cozido in Portuguese, or Cocido in Spanish or Cassola in Italian or Cassoulet in French. Add a sprinkling of herbs of choice ( thyme, oregano, rosemary, and savoury herb or majoram ).  

 

 

 

Photo Courtesy: BBC Food Channel.

 

 

Ingredients:

 

2 partridges, or 2 pheasants or 2 quails, or 2 wild duck cut up

2 rabbits or 2 hares, cup up

1 smoked pork sausage

8 ounces of pancetta

2 pounds of pork ribs

1 glass of Rosé or Red Wine

salt and freshly ground black pepper

a ladleful of wild mushrooms - optional if unavailable

1 chili pepper

6 slices of thick dense day old bread and / or  boiled potatoes ( can use both )

1 pounds of kale shredded or turnip top greens or beetroot top greens

 

1) place all the meats in a large stew pot ( oven proof ) and add 1 glass of wine and 1 cup water and mushrooms

2) season and bring to boil, put lid on very tightly

3) stovetop simmer for 2 hours until the meats are falling off the bone

4) open the pot, and take out a ladleful of the cooking broth and add another 1/2 cup water and add the chili pepper

5) simmer for 10 mins. more and then, remove the chili pepper

6) meanwhile, prepare the meats for serving and slice the sausage and the pork and bone the game if you wish to

7) heap the meats on the day old bread chunks,  and hand the greens around separately or pile the meats on the greens and offer plain boiled potatoes on the side. Hand around the peppery broth separately as a sauce and after the meal, go for a long walk !

 

Enjoy;

Margi.

 

Thank you for your interest and I am sure it shall turn out wonderful. I am a big fan of pheasant. My fave game bird ...

 

Which wine are you employing ? A Portuguese Rosé ? 

 

Thanks alot for the compliment, I too believe it is a lovely match ...

 

MCD.