Bollito Misto

Ingredients

• Two 4-pound chickens
• 2 3/4 cups kosher salt
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 gallons cold water
• 16 dried hot red chiles
• 6 bay leaves
• 4 heads of garlic, halved horizontally
• 2 large white onions, sliced
• 2 tablespoons black peppercorns
• 1 1/2 tablespoons coriander seeds
• 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
• 1 star anise pod, crushed
• Eight 1 1/4-pound whole fresh pork shanks or one 6-pound veal shank, cut into 4 sections by the butcher
• One 6-pound beef brisket
• bollito
• 5 pounds garlic pork sausages
• 6 celery ribs, cut into thirds
• 6 carrots, cut into thirds
• 4 heads of garlic, cloves smashed
• 6 dried hot red chiles
• 6 bay leaves
• 3 large onions, quartered
• 2 cups parsley
• 1 fennel bulb, thickly sliced
• One 1-ounce package thyme sprigs
• 1 tablespoon black peppercorns
• 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
• 2 bottles dry white wine