Beef and Vegetable Potjie

Potjie No: 3 Pot guide
Serves: 6
Cooking Time: 2 hours
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Ingredients

1 kg stewing beef, cubed
1 beef kidney, cubed
2 medium onions, sliced
125 ml dried apricots, soaked in water for 1 hour
4 carrots, peeled and sliced
2 sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced
4 medium potatoes, peeled and halved
6 baby marrow, sliced
250 ml cabbage, chopped
1 tomato, peeled and sliced
30 ml dried parsley
30 ml cooking oil
Black pepper to taste

Sauce

125 ml sweet sherry
125 ml soya sauce
5 ml black pepper
3 ml dry mustard
1 ml dry rosemary
1 ml dry thyme
1 cube beef stock
500 ml boiling water

Method

• Heat the oil in the pot and brown the meat and kidney till almost brown.
• Add the onions and brown together.
• Mix the ingredients of the sauce and add it to the pot.
• Stir well, cover with the lid and simmer for 1.5 hours.
• Layer the dried fruit and then the veggies as they appear in the recipe.
• Sprinkle some pepper over the tomatoes.
• Cover with the lid and allow the potjie to simmer for about 2 hours or until the vegetables are done.