Jambalaya - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. fresh pork
1 onion, chopped fine
1 garlic clove
1/2 lb. cured ham
6 small smoked pork sausages
2 Tbsp. lard or butter
1 bay leaf
1 sprig parsley
1 sprig thyme or 1/4 tsp. dried leaf thyme
1 whole clove
1 1/2 qt. beef or chicken broth
1/2 tsp. Tabasco sauce
3/4 tsp. salt
1 c. uncooked rice

Preparation

Cut pork (lean and fat) into small cubes.
Chop onion and garlic fine.
Dice ham and sausage.
Melt butter in heavy pot.
Add onion, garlic, pork and ham.
Brown slowly, stirring frequently. Add sausage, bay leaf, parsley, thyme and clove.
Cook 5 minutes. Add broth, Tabasco sauce and salt bringing mixture to a boil.
Add rice.
Cover and simmer gently 1/2 hour or until rice is tender. Stir often to mix well.