Cassoulet in the Style of Toulouse

Ingredients

  • 1 pound boneless pork shoulder, trimmed of excess fat and cut into 12 chunks
  • 1½ pounds fresh ham hock or pig's knuckles, cracked by the butcher
  • ¾ pound fresh pork skin with ¼-inch layer of hard fat attached
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper
  • 2 pounds dried white beans, such as Tarbais, Lingots, or cannellini, rinsed and picked over to remove any grit
  • ⅓ cup fat from confit or rendered duck fat
  • 2 medium onions, chopped
  • 3 small carrots, peeled and cut into thin rounds
  • ½ pound ventrèche or pancetta, or blanched lean salt pork, in one piece, about 1¼ inches thick
  • 1 whole head of garlic, unpeeled, plus
  • 4 small cloves garlic, peeled
  • 1 large plum tomato, peeled or 1 tablespoon sun-dried tomato paste
  • 2 quarts unsalted chicken stock (storebought or homemade—page 405)
  • Herb bouquet: 4 sprigs parsley, 2 sprigs thyme, 1 imported bay leaf, and 3 small celery ribs tied together with string
  • 6 confit of duck legs (such as Duck Legs Confit Cooked in a Pouch, pages 198–200), drumsticks and thighs separated, or substitute 12 confit of duck wings
  • ¼ pound fresh hard pork fat or blanched fat salt pork
  • 1 pound Toulouse sausages, fresh garlic-flavored pork sausages, or Confit of Toulouse Sausages (page 298)
  • 2 tablespoons fresh bread crumbs
  • 2 tablespoons French walnut oil

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