The Whitebrook dish, incorporating a pork shoulder which is cooked over two days in a bain-marie, served with shallot and mugwort. This is accompanied by a croquette made from pig's head and a pork cutlet with celeriac, pear, sorrel and cauliflower mushrooms. The restaurant serves breakfast to residents staying in the rooms, which includes Trealy Farm produced sausages and bacon. The restaurant claims that the building dates from the 17th century, although little is known of its history. The village of Whitebrook developed as a centre of water-powered industry, with wireworks and later paper mills. The Whitebrook was run as a roadside
Choucroute garnie Choucroute garnie Choucroute garnie (French for "dressed cabbage") is a Alsatian recipe for preparing cabbage with sausages and other salted meats and charcuterie, and often potatoes. Although sauerkraut/cabbage is a traditionally German and Eastern European dish, when Alsace and Lorraine became part of France following the Westphalia peace treaties in 1648, it brought this dish to the attention of French chefs and it has since been widely adopted in France. In principle, there is no fixed recipe for this dish – any preparation of hot sauerkraut with meat and potatoes could qualify – but in practice there are certain traditions,