Potjie No: 4
Serves: 6 – 8
Cooking Time: 1.5 hours
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Ingredients

30 ml oil
Salt and pepper
2 kg neck chops
3 onions, sliced
250 ml dry white wine
15 young carrots, scraped
6 potatoes, skinned and diced
400 g green beans, topped and tailed
12 dried peaches
 
Dumplings
200 g self-raising flour
5 ml salt
100 g butter
100 ml cold water
Finely chopped parsley for garnishing

Method

  • Heat oil in a potjie.
  • Season chops to taste with salt and pepper and brown on both sides.
  • Set aside.
  • Sauté onion until soft.
  • Return meat to the pot and add half the wine.
  • Cover and simmer slowly for 45 minutes.
  • Arrange carrots, potatoes and green beans in layers on top of the meat.
  • Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  • Add a little wine, cover and simmer for one hour.
  • Place peaches (soaked for one hour in water to cover) on top and add the remaining wine.
  • Simmer for another half an hour.

Dumplings

  • Sift the self-raising flour and salt together.
  • Rub in the butter.
  • Add just enough water to form a soft, manageable dough.
  • Divide the mixture into 12-14 uniform pieces and roll each piece into a ball.
  • Place dumplings on top of the vegetables and simmer for 20 minutes.

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