Bigos I Recipe - Traditional Polish Stew with Bacon, Pork, Sausage, and Cabbage

Ingredients

• 75 g / 3 oz smoked bacon lardons
• 500 g / 1 lb cubed pork
• 1 onion , sliced
• 3 cloves garlic , sliced
• 200 g / 7 oz polish sausage such as wiejska, skinned and sliced
• 1 can chopped tomatoes
• 450 ml / 0.75 pt chicken stock
• 150 ml / 0.25 pt red wine
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 tsp caraway seeds
• 500 g / 1 lb potatoes , peeled and cubed
• 500 g / 1 lb bramley apples , quartered, cored and sliced in half
• 175 g / 6 oz cabbage , cored and sliced
• salt and ground black pepper
• rye bread and sour cream to serve