Mutton Potjie

Potjie No: 3
Serves: 6
Cooking Time: 3 hours

Ingredients
2kg of mixed meat (shin, neck, ribs etc.)
2 medium-sized onions, diced
20 baby potatoes, peeled
1kg frozen mixed vegetables
3 medium sized sweet-potatoes, sliced
30ml butter
Salt and pepper to taste

Sauce
500ml warm water
2 cubes of beef stock
10 ml dried oregano and rosemary
250ml dry red wine
50ml chutney
50ml tomato sauce
50ml Worcestershire sauce
30ml Maizena (cornflour)
30ml oxtail soup powder
25ml soya sauce
15ml Bisto (gravy powder)
10ml garlic flakes
0.6ml Fine cloves
5 ml grated lemon peel

Method
Coat the potjie well with the butter and heat the potjie until it is very hot.
Brown a few pieces of meat at a time and remove.
The meat has now braaied out its own fat.
Brown the onions in the meat’s fat until soft.
Return the meat to the pot and layer the potatoes and sweet potatoes on top of the meat.
Mix all the ingredients of the sauce and pour over the food in the pot.
Add salt and pepper to taste.
Finally, cover with the lid and allow to simmer for approximately 2.5 hours (add the mixed vegetables after 1 hour).