Cabbage Bredie
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Cabbage bredie, prepared with mutton OR lamb and cabbage is one of those dishes, which would feel insulted if one had to refer to it by the name of its European rival known as “stew”. The principle is the same, but bredies tend to be richer, more tasty and infinitely more filling and varied.
Ingredients
1 kg stewing mutton OR lamb
25 ml butter OR lard OR oil
1 large onion, sliced
1 clove garlic, crushed
freshly ground black pepper
10 ml salt
500 g potatoes, sliced
1 head cabbage, shredded
250 ml chopped celery
5 ml dill
freshly grated nutmeg
Method
Heat butter in a large saucepan and sauté onions and garlic until transparent
Add meat and brown quickly
Add salt, pepper and a little stock and simmer, covered, until meat starts to get tender
Add potatoes, cabbage, celery, dill and simmer for 1 hour longer
Add freshly grated nutmeg to taste and serve with rice.
Tips
To concentrate flavours use mutton with a fair amount of fat and bone, 2 cm cubed mutton rib is the best meat to use.
Never boil meat in stock or water, this tends to dry out and toughen the meat.
Don’t add liquid. The juices from the vegetables will make a thick gravy.
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.
The flavour will improve if the bredie is made a day or two in advance.
Category: Entrée
Cuisine: South African
Sub-Category: Traditional
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