Bigos stew is the national dish of Poland. It can be made with any kind of meat from pork to rabbit or venison, but should always have spicy Polish sausage. Melt the butter in a large casserole ...

It may not be the most informative recipe, but Adam Mickiewicz got one crucial thing right: good bigos has never been made of scraps. Cover and page from Stanisław Czerniecki’s ‘Compendium Ferculorum’ ...