In this lovely Potjie extra salt is not needed as the soya sauce contains enough salt.
As substitute for the sherry you may also use Port.
It's enough for 6 people and a size 3 Potjie Pot is recommended.

Ingredients

• 1 kg Stewing beef, cubed
• 1 Beef kidney, cubed
• 2 Medium onions, sliced
• 125 ml Dried apricots, soaked in water for 1 hour
• 4 Carrots, peeled and sliced
• 2 Sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced
• 4 Medium potatoes, peeled and halved
• 6 Baby marrow, sliced
• 250 ml Cabbage, chopped
• 1 Tomato, peeled and sliced
• 30 ml Dried parsley
• 30 ml Cooking oil
• Black pepper to taste

The sauce

• 125 ml Sweet sherry
• 125 ml Soya sauce
• 5 ml Black pepper
• 3 ml Dry mustard
• 1 ml Dry rosemary
• 1 ml Dry thyme
• 1 Cube beef stock
• 500 ml Boiling water

Method

• Heat the oil in the Pot and brown the meat and kidney till almost brown
• Add the onions and brown together
• Mix the ingredients of the sauce and add it to the Pot
• Stir well, cover with the lid and simmer for 1.5 hours
• Layer the dried fruit and then the veggies as they appear in the recipe
• Sprinkle some pepper over the tomatoes
• Cover with the lid and allow the Potjie to simmer for about 2 hours or until the veggies are done

Serves 6

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