Cocido ( Spanish Boiled Dinner)

Ingredients:

1/2 k. beef shank (bias)
1 k. soup bones
1 chicken (about 1 k.)
1/2 k. lean pork (pigue)
1 tsp. peppercorn
3 pc. tomatoes, quartered
3 stalks leeks (about 200 grams.)
3 onions, quartered
1 head garlic, crushed
3 tbsp. olive oil
200 grams. slab bacon, cut in chunks
3 pcs. chorizo de bilbao
1 morcilla or Spanish blood sausage
1/4 kg. potatoes
1/4 kg. cabbage
1/4 kg. Baguio pechay or Chinese cabbage
2 pcs. carrots
1/4 kg. strings beans

Procedure:

Boil beef and soup bones with, 1 stalk leek, 1 tsp. peppercorn, tomato and onion. When beef is tender, remove and cut into serving pieces. Set broth aside. Boil chicken and pork separately with the same ingredients. When tender, remove and set broth aside. Prepare Spanish Tomato Sauce. Heat olive oil. Brown bacon slightly. Pour Spanish Tomato Sauce, combined beef, chicken and pork broth. Let boil. In another pan, cook vagetables until half done in beef and chicken broth. Add to meats, cook until done. Arrange on a platter. Serve with broth and Spanish Tomato Sauce.

Spanish Tomato Sauce:

1/4 cup olive oil
3 cloves garlic, crush
4 large onions, chopped
1 cup tomatoes, chopped
1 cup tomato sauce
1 cup broth
Salt and pepper
Monosodium glutamate

Saute garlic, onions and tomatoes in olive oil. Cook till tender. Add tomato sauce and simmer for ten minutes. Add broth and seasonings. Cook slowly for one hour in a covered container.