Tripes à la Mode de Caen

Name: Tripes à la Mode de Caen
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1.5kg mixed beef tripe, cleaned and cut into squares; 1 calf's foot or 2 pig's trotters; 2 onions studded with cloves, and 3 carrots and 2 leeks; 750ml dry Normandy cider; 100ml Calvados; A bouquet garni of thyme, bay and parsley; A simple flour and water dough, to seal the lid

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Also known as: Tripes a la Mode de Caen, Caen-Style Tripe, Normandy Tripe in Cider

About this dish

Beef tripe and calf's feet cooked very slowly with vegetables, cider and Calvados in a sealed pot until meltingly tender.

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Ingredients

🐄1.5kg mixed beef tripe, cleaned and cut into squares

🦶1 calf's foot or 2 pig's trotters

🧅2 onions studded with cloves, and 3 carrots and 2 leeks

🍎750ml dry Normandy cider

🥃100ml Calvados

🌿A bouquet garni of thyme, bay and parsley

🌾A simple flour and water dough, to seal the lid

Method

Serves 4

Blanch the tripe and foot in boiling water, then drain.

Layer the vegetables, foot and tripe in a heavy pot with the bouquet garni.

Pour in the cider and Calvados and season.

Seal the lid with dough and cook at 120°C (250°F) for 8–10 hours.

Remove the bones and fat and serve very hot with boiled potatoes.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Tripes à la mode de Caen is a Normandy classic, traditionally cooked in a special earthenware pot called a tripière for 10 hours or more.

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