19-12-2013
Potjie, which literally means small pot, is a stew cooked outdoors in a three-legged iron pot, on a fire made with wood or charcoal
Potjie, which literally means small pot, is a stew cooked outdoors in a three-legged iron pot, on a fire made with wood or charcoal. It used to be the food the the first Dutch colonists ate during the lengthy and tiring expeditions around this land. Today, it is one of South Africa’s traditional dishes. The pots for preparing potjie can be found everywhere and have very different dimensions: from small saucepans for one or two portions to huge and impossible to move pots.
One of the team of our competition. In the middle, our author Giovanna Sartor
The food world in and near Cape Town told by Giovanna Sartor
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Born in Venice though she then lived in Milan, in January 2010 she moved to Cape Town. In love with South Africa, her dream is to produce Prosciutto San Daniele here, sooner or later