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Chef Jamie Stachowski's mentation of this Polish stew (pronounced BEE-goss) is much of a choucroute garnie, with abstracted elements of braised cabbage and meat.

You could cook the pears betwixt layers of kosher salt, but the pears the cook brought for the Chef connected Call league were truthful immense that helium improvised connected the spot, creating an ovum white-salt meringue that helium slathered the fruits with. They baked upright successful the roasting pan. Bosc pears are champion to usage for this due to the fact that their peels are thick.

From cook Jamie Stachowski.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 10 generous servings

For the pears

1/2 cupful to 3/4 cupful kosher salt
3 ample ovum whites
5 ample Bosc pears

For the cabbage and kielbasa

2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons rootlike oil
5 pounds kielbasa, preferably successful 1 ample coil
1 ample achromatic onion, chopped into tiny dice
10 mean to 12 mean cloves garlic, minced (about 1/4 cup)
1/2 cupful sugar
2 ample heads reddish cabbage, cored and chopped into 1/2-inch-wide ribbons
1 cupful Madeira
1/2 cupful cider vinegar
1 tiny clump mixed herbs, specified arsenic thyme, sage and rosemary
2 bay leaves, preferably fresh
2 cups low-sodium beef broth oregon water
1 cupful pitted prunes, chopped into quarters (may substitute dried figs)
1 tablespoonful kosher salt, positive much to taste
1 spoon freshly cracked achromatic pepper, positive much to taste

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

Calories
677
Fat
37 g
Saturated Fat
13 g
Carbohydrates
48 g
Sodium
1828 mg
Cholesterol
113 mg
Protein
35 g
Fiber
7 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From cook Jamie Stachowski.

Tested by Jamie Stachowski.

Published March 12, 2026