Okay, so I start this post with a photo of just the ingredients so you can see how little is included in something (a stew from Poland and Eastern Europe) that's as good as any that we could muster in our country. And it makes a good slow cooker dish.
So in a little lard sautee the bacon/lardons (I buy small slabs of smoked bacon/pork from the Polish shop) with slices of smoked sausage (again from the Polish shop - the darker the sausage the more it's smoked) with cubes of potatoes, diced onions and garlic. When the onions are soft, throw in caraway seeds, bay leaves, paprika, slices of peeled apple, season, then pour over a bottle of beer and add sauerkraut (I squeeze it to remove some sour liquid). Bake in the oven for an hour or so - or leave in a slow cooker - as you please, but it will please you. Serve with mustard toast, dill and gherkins and man, well...
