Coddle

This sweet-and-savory Irish dish with bacon, pork sausages, and potatoes in an apple cider base is a good meal for a cold day.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 50 mins
• Total Time: 2 hr 5 mins
• Calories: 489 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
• 1 pound bacon
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary
• 1 teaspoon caraway seeds
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh sage
• 2 large onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley, or to taste
• 2 pounds pork sausages
• 4 large potatoes, thinly sliced
• 2 carrots, thickly sliced
• ¾ cup apple cider, or more as needed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Cook bacon in a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat until crisp, about 10 minutes; transfer to a large pot, reserving the drippings in the skillet.

Step 2

Cook sausages in the hot bacon drippings until evenly browned, 3 to 5 minutes per side; add to the pot with the bacon.

Step 3

Cook and stir onion and garlic cloves in the bacon drippings until tender, 5 to 7 minutes; transfer to the pot with the bacon and sausages.

Step 4

Place the caraway seeds, rosemary, sage, thyme, and bay leaf onto the center of a 8-inch square piece of cheesecloth. Gather together the edges of the cheesecloth and tie with kitchen twine to secure.

Step 5

Layer the potatoes and carrots atop the mixture so the spice satchel rests in the middle of the ingredients.

Step 6

Pour enough apple cider into the pot to cover the ingredients completely.

Step 7

Place the pot over medium heat; bring to a simmer and cook, taking care to not boil, about 90 minutes.

Step 8

Garnish with parsley to serve.