Braised pork neck in creamy paprika sauce
Recipe for braised pork neck, paprika-stew style - a paprika stew with pork neck, cocktail sausages and bacon.
Servings 6 people
Calories 530kcal
Ingredients
- 200 g bacon, diced
- 1 kg pork neck (collar), cut into large chunks
- 2 onions, finely chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 2 red peppers, diced
- 2 1/2 tbsp paprika
- 4 tbsp tomato purée
- 1 tin chopped tomatoes or polpa (finely crushed tomatoes) 400 g
- 500 ml chicken stock
- 100 ml cream whipping cream (38% fat) works well
- 300 g mushrooms, sliced or quartered
- 300 g cocktail sausages small smoked frankfurter-style sausages
- 1 handful parsley, finely chopped
- Cornflour + cold water
- Red wine vinegar
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- Oil
Serving suggestions
- Mashed potatoes
- Fried potatoes
- Rice
- Pickled cucumbers
Instructions
- Fry the bacon in a large heavy-based pot until crisp - add a little oil if needed.Set the bacon aside on a plate.
- In the same pot, brown the meat well on all sides in the bacon fat. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper. Set the meat aside on a plate.
- Sweat the onions in the fat from the meat and bacon until soft and translucent, then add the garlic and peppers and cook for a couple of minutes.
- Sprinkle over the paprika, stir in the tomato purée, then add the chopped tomatoes and stock.
- Return the bacon to the pot along with the meat, stir well, cover with a lid and leave the stew to simmer gently for approx. 3-4 hours.
- About half an hour before the stew is done, add the cream and adjust the consistency with cornflour mixed with cold water.
- Meanwhile, fry the mushrooms in a splash of oil in a frying pan until golden. Fry them over a high heat until they release their liquid, then tip them into the sauce.
- In the same pan, fry the sausages until golden and crisp, then stir them into the sauce too.
- Season the sauce to taste with red wine vinegar, salt and freshly ground pepper, and finally stir in the parsley.
- Serve with mashed potatoes, rice or crisp fried potatoes, for example.
Nutrition
Calories: 530kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 48g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 13g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 169mg | Sodium: 1326mg | Potassium: 1196mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1903IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 68mg | Iron: 4mg