Your Slow Cooker Is the Secret to the Most Epic Choucroute Garnie

Ingredients

• 6 oz. slab bacon, cut into 1-in. cubes
• 2 Tbsp. duck fat or butter
• One 6-oz. bratwurst, quartered
• One 5-oz. weisswurst, quartered
• One 3-oz. hot dog, quartered
• Two 2-oz. blood sausages (optional)
• 10 oz. small new potatoes, halved (2 cups)
• 4 medium shallots (12 oz.), peeled
• 3 lb. prepared sauerkraut, rinsed well and squeezed dry (3 cups)
• 1 double-thick, bone-in pork chop (14 oz.)
• 1 smoked ham hock (9 oz.)
• 8 oz. Tasso ham, sliced ½ inch thick
• 8 sprigs thyme
• 1 tsp. whole juniper berries
• 3 bay leaves, preferably fresh
• ½ cup homemade or store-bought chicken stock
• ½ cup dry riesling
• Whole-grain mustard, for serving
• Crusty bread, for serving