Gypsy Potpie
From urkyle 14 years ago
- 45 minutes to make
- Serves 8
With a delicious mince filling and cheese crust, this pie is irresistible. The story goes that gypsy clans would fight over two things women and the right to have the first serving of this pie, made by said women they have just waged war over. Read more What ever the legend it is simply delicious. See less
Ingredients
- 6 cloves of garlic, minced shopping list
- olive oil [EVOO] shopping list
- 2 onions, finely chopped shopping list
- 2 celery sticks, finely chopped shopping list
- 5 medium baby marrows, cut in chunks shopping list
- 5 medium carrots, sliced or chopped shopping list
- 250 g streaky or back bacon, cubed shopping list
- 200 g chicken livers, chopped (optional) shopping list
- 500 g lean mince shopping list
- 2 x 400 g tins chopped tomatoes OR shopping list
- 6 fresh tomatoes, chopped (preferable) shopping list
- 10 ml (2 tsp) brown sugar [don’t frown like me, it works learned for a Romanian lady on this site, it sets all the other flavours up. Awesome] shopping list
- 250 ml (1 c) red wine shopping list
- a handful of origanum [oregano] or basil leaves, chopped shopping list
- 2 bay leaves shopping list
- ground sea salt and black pepper to taste shopping list
How to make it
- Sauté onions and garlic in oil over medium heat.
- Remove and keep warm.
- Repeat with mixture of carrots and celery
- then with mixture of meats
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- Mix all ingredients in potjie [three foot cast iron pot]
- and simmer over low heat until thick and flavourful.
- Season to taste.
- Crust:
- Sift 250 ml (1 c) cake flour,
- 10 ml (2 t) baking powder
- pinch of mustard,
- cayenne pepper and salt together.
- Add 250 ml (1 c) grated cheddar cheese.
- Beat 1 egg into
- 125 ml (½c) each: milk and sunflower oil.
- Mix with dry ingredients into a soft batter.
- Add 45 ml (3 tbsp) chopped parsley and coriander or basil leaves.
- Cover potjiekos [pot contents] with batter and simmer with lid on for ± 10 min. until cooked.
- Sprinkle liberally with grated cheese.
- Serve with pap (maize meal)[grits] or polenta.
- Deep red Claret at room temp goes down well with this dish
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Wow. I've gotta try this. Even without the woman.
merlin
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Great yarn and great recipe. Thanks for the post. RJ
elgourmand
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Now that recipe is a keeper. Saved, printed and ready to go.
Hi-5 and my regards,
JJ
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