Roast pork with sauerkraut and potato dumplings│CZECH NATIONAL FOOD!

pork shoulder

🥗Healthier: chicken thighs

💰Cheaper: pork loin

Chicken thighs are lower in fat and cost less than shoulder.

bread dumplings

🥗Healthier: quinoa

💰Cheaper: potato dumplings

Quinoa is gluten-free and offers a healthier grain alternative.

sauerkraut

🥗Healthier: fresh cabbage

💰Cheaper: pickled cabbage

Fresh cabbage is lower in sodium and can be more affordable.

white wine

🥗Healthier: apple cider vinegar

💰Cheaper: grape juice

Apple cider vinegar adds acidity without alcohol or high cost.

Dice the onions.

Mince the garlic.

Season the meat on all sides with black pepper, salt, caraway seeds, and garlic.

Add some beer to the meat.

Rub lard on the meat.

Bake for 3 hours at 140 degrees Celsius.

Boil the potatoes in their skins, let them cool, then peel them.

In a large pot, bring water to a boil and season with a teaspoon of salt.

Grate the potatoes.

Add 1/2 teaspoon potato starch, 1 tablespoon salt, and 1 egg to the grated potatoes.

Process the mixture and add the semolina little by little to form a smooth dough.

Divide the dough into 2 parts and roll into two logs 5 cm in diameter.

Put the dumplings in boiling water, remove from the bottom with a spoon after a minute, and cook for 20 minutes.

Remove the finished dumplings.

Prepare the sauerkraut by cutting the bacon into cubes and dicing the onions.

Bring the cabbage and brine to a boil, add caraway seeds and salt, and cook for 20 minutes.

Sauté the bacon, then add onions and sauté until golden brown.

Dust with all-purpose flour and sauté for 2 minutes.

Add the mixture into the cabbage and simmer for 10 minutes until thick.

Add sugar to the cabbage mixture.

Remove the meat and let it rest for 20 minutes before slicing.

Put the broth and onions in a saucepan and boil off the juices from the meat.

Dust the fat and onions with all-purpose flour and cook.

Pour in broth or beer and boil until thick.

Serve dumplings, meat, and cabbage on one plate with onion-beer sauce.

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