Pampoen Bredie
Ingredients
◾1 kg stewing mutton OR lamb
◾25 ml butter OR lard OR oil
◾2 large onions, sliced
◾1 clove garlic, crushed
◾10 ml salt
◾freshly ground black pepper
◾stock
◾500 g potatoes, sliced
◾2 kg pumpkin, peeled and cubed
◾crushed whole ginger
◾10 ml brown sugar
◾5 ml ground cinnamon
Method
1.Heat butter in a large saucepan and sauté onions and garlic until transparent
2.Add meat and brown quickly
3.Add salt, pepper and a little stock and simmer, covered, until meat starts to get tender
4.Add potatoes, pumpkin, ginger, brown sugar and ground cinnamon and simmer for 1 hour longer
5.Serve with rice.
Tips
1.To concentrate flavours use mutton with a fair amount of fat and bone, 2 cm cubed mutton rib is the best meat to use.
2.Never boil meat in stock or water, this tends to dry out and toughen the meat.
3.Don’t add liquid. The juices from the vegetables will make a thick gravy.
4.Keep the cooking temperature constant, use a medium heat setting, allowing the bredie to simmer gently for a few hours to allow flavours to combine.
5.The flavour will improve if the bredie is made a day or two in advance.
Ingredients
◾1 kg stewing mutton OR lamb◾25 ml butter OR lard OR oil◾2 large onions, sliced◾1 clove garlic, crushed◾10 ml salt◾freshly ground black pepper◾stock◾500 g potatoes, sliced◾2 kg pumpkin, peeled and cubed◾crushed whole ginger◾10 ml brown sugar◾5 ml ground cinnamonMethod
1.Heat butter in a large saucepan and sauté onions and garlic until transparent
2.Add meat and brown quickly
3.Add salt, pepper and a little stock and simmer, covered, until meat starts to get tender
4.Add potatoes, pumpkin, ginger, brown sugar and ground cinnamon and simmer for 1 hour longer
5.Serve with rice.
Tips
1.To concentrate flavours use mutton with a fair amount of fat and bone, 2 cm cubed mutton rib is the best meat to use.
2.Never boil meat in stock or water, this tends to dry out and toughen the meat.
3.Don’t add liquid. The juices from the vegetables will make a thick gravy.
4.Keep the cooking temperature constant, use a medium heat setting, allowing the bredie to simmer gently for a few hours to allow flavours to combine.
5.The flavour will improve if the bredie is made a day or two in advance.
