Choucroute garnie is an iconic dish for the kitchen region Alsace, the ownership of which France and Germany were long dispute. The word “choucroute” – choucroute is a tracing from the German sauerkraut, on our sauerkraut. However, saying “choucroute”, in Alsace and in France generally mean first of all, choucroute garnie, choucroute garnie that is supplemented with different tasty things. Usually this meat, primarily pork. Of course, choucroute garnie – a dish of rich, high-calorie, first of all winter, but you can serve it at other times of the year, if not very hot (information from Internet). As is usually the case, the only true recipe choucroute does not exist, everyone prepares it their own way. Festive choucroute in Alsace can include up to 20 different kinds of meat and sausages, and for everyday meals enough for two or three. I have a recipe of 5 types of meat products.