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Cassoulet Of Chicken Legs With Haricot Beans Recipe


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Ingredients
  • Salt; to taste
  • 3/4 c Dried fine bread crumbs
  • 4 tb Butter; plus
  • 1 c sliced onions
  • 2 tb Olive oil
  • Emeril's Essence; see Note
  • 10 c Water
  • Freshly-ground black pepper; to taste
  • 1/2 lb Andouille sausage links; cut 4 equal portions
  • 1/2 lb Smoked sausage; cut equal 4 portions
  • 1/2 c Flour
  • 2 Bay leaves
  • 1/2 c Grated Parmesan Cheese
  • 2 Veal shanks -;
  • 2 Ham hocks -;
  • 3 tb sliced parsley
  • 1 ts Butter
  • 1/2 c sliced carrots
  • 1 lb White navy beans
  • 1/2 c sliced celery

Directions
  • Step #1 Note: See the "Emeril's Essence Information" recipe which is included in this collection.
  • Step #2 Preheat the oven to 400F degrees.
  • Step #3 Butter a 13- by 9- by 2-inch rectangle pan with 1 tsp of the butter.
  • Step #4 In a large saucepan, melt the remaining butter.
  • Step #5 Spice up the veal shanks with Emeril's Essence.
  • Step #6 Spice up the flour with Essence.
  • Step #7 Dust shanks with Spice uped flour.
  • Step #8 Sear the shanks for 3 mins on each side, or until golden.
  • Step #9 remove this from the pan & set aside.
  • Step #10 Add the onions, celery, and carrots.
  • Step #11 Spice up this with salt & pepper.
  • Step #12 Saute for 3 to 4 mins, or until slightly wilted.
  • Step #13 Add the beans, ham hocks, water, shanks and bay leaves & bring to a boil.
  • Step #14 Spice up this with salt & pepper.
  • Step #15 Reduce heat to medium-low & cook this until beans are tender & most of the water is absorbed, about 2 hrs.
  • Step #16 Add the sausages & cook for 30 mins.
  • Step #17 ReSpice up the mixture if necessary.
  • Step #18 Remove the ham hocks and shanks.
  • Step #19 After the meat has cooled, using a fork, shred the meat into small pieces.
  • Step #20 Add the shredded meat to the bean mixture.
  • Step #21 Pour the mixture into the prepared pan.
  • Step #22 For the Gratine, parsley, cheese, mix the bread crumbs, in a mixing bowl, & olive oil.
  • Step #23 Spice up this with salt & pepper.
  • Step #24 Mix well.
  • Step #25 When the bean-meat mixture is cooked, spoon the grantine evenly over the top & bake for 10 mins or until lightly browned.
  • Step #26 Serve warm.
  • Step #27 This recipe yields 6 to 8 servings.
  • Step #28 --.
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