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sauerkraut that moved to alsace, put on a beret, and invited meat over.
means an alsatian dish of fermented cabbage slow-cooked in wine or beer and piled with sausages, bacon, and pork cuts.
from from german sauerkraut via alsatian dialect surkrut, literally sour cabbage, latinized into french as choucroute; alsace's border-zone cooking fused german preservation technique with french saucery.
fermentation timecabbage ferments three to six weeks first
cooking liquidoften riesling, not water, for depth
full namechoucroute garnie means kraut, garnished
vitamin historysailors ate it to fend off scurvy
for instance
choucroute garnie alsacienne — the classic: kraut, frankfurters, morteau sausage, smoked pork, riesling
choucroute de la mer — seafood version swapping sausages for fish, popular in brasseries
brasserie flo paris — parisian institution serving it since the early 1900s