Oulade (potée tarnaise)

Rédigé le 19/02/2025
John Doe


Preparation: 1h   Total time: 3h45

Ingredients (for 8 to 10 people) :

  • 2 pig snouts
  • 2 pig's ears
  • 2 small pork knuckles confit
  • 1 large kale or 2 small ones
  • 300 g carrots
  • 4 turnips
  • 1 celery ball
  • parsley stems
  • 8 cloves pink garlic
  • 5 cloves
  • 24 peppercorns
  • 8 large potatoes
  • very little salt
  • 1 rancid ham bone
  • 40 slices sourdough bread

Preparation:

In an earthenware or cast-iron pot filled with water, place the bone with the spices and vegetables, except for the potatoes, which will be added only one hour after starting; allow to simmer for 2 1/2 hours; at this point, plunge in the 3 confits, snouts, ears and shanks, tied together to form one, and simmer for a further three-quarters of an hour.

In each soup plate, dip 5 taillades with the broth. As a second course, serve the steaming cabbage and potatoes with the boiled confits, freed from their ties.

Tips :

Oulade or oullade is a stew with or without meat, cooked in an oule, a traditional earthenware or cast-iron pot.

Recommended beverage: “le cop de bi”: a red Bergerac.

Oullade in the Gers is often made with a piece of knuckle of ham, sausage or andouille, while in the Tarn it's richly garnished with: pig snouts and ears, veal shank, pieces of ham, goose pieces, kale, various vegetables, ham bones, etc. and slices of bread.