Mounjetado bigourdan aux haricots tarbais

Name: Mounjetado bigourdan aux haricots tarbais
Total time: 180 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Bigorre
Ingredients: 500 g (18 oz) dried Tarbais beans; 300 g (11 oz) fresh sausage; 2 duck confit legs; 200 g (7 oz) fresh pork belly; 100 g (3½ oz) pork rind; 2 onions; 3 garlic cloves; 300 g (10½ oz) crushed tomatoes; 1 bouquet garni; 1 tsp freshly ground pepper

Bigorre white bean stew with pork and duck confit

⏱ 180 minServes 6Medium700 kcal

A recipe from Le Chaudron — the cooking of France’s regions.

01 — Ingredients6 servings

500 g (18 oz)dried Tarbais beans
300 g (11 oz)fresh sausage
2duck confit legs
200 g (7 oz)fresh pork belly
100 g (3½ oz)pork rind
2onions
3 clovesgarlic
300 g (11 oz)tomatoes, chopped
1bouquet garni
1 tspfreshly ground pepper

500 g (18 oz) dried Tarbais beans
300 g (11 oz) fresh sausage
2 duck confit legs
200 g (7 oz) fresh pork belly
100 g (3½ oz) pork rind
2 onions
3 cloves garlic
300 g (11 oz) tomatoes, chopped
1 bouquet garni
1 tsp freshly ground pepper

Serves 6. In the app, quantities adjust to the number of guests on their own — and the ingredients go straight to your shopping list.

02 — Equipment

1 cast-iron Dutch oven (30 cm / 12 in)

1 large stockpot (6 L / 6 qt)

1 wooden spoon

03 — Method

The day before, soak the dried Tarbais beans overnight in plenty of cold water, then drain and rinse them well the next morning.
Blanch the beans for 10 minutes in the large pot of simmering water with the rolled pork rind, then drain, saving some of the cooking water.
Brown the pork belly and fresh sausage in the Dutch oven for 5 minutes, set them aside, then cook the sliced onions and chopped garlic in the fat.
Add the chopped tomatoes and cook down for 10 minutes, then stir in the beans, pork rind and bouquet garni.
Return the pork belly, sausage and duck confit legs to the pot, add enough of the reserved cooking water to cover and pepper generously.
Cover and simmer over very low heat for 2 hours, stirring gently now and then, until the beans are meltingly soft and the sauce has thickened.