Recipe: Tasty Cabbage and lamb bredie (koolbredie)
Cabbage and lamb bredie (koolbredie). Tamatiebredie (Tomato bredie): Use peeled, chopped tomatoes as the vegetable. Groenboontjiebredie (Green bean bredie): Use trimmed green beans as the vegetable. Other Meats: While bredies are traditionally made with mutton, don't limit yourself.
This is definitely one of my favourite home-cooked meals my mom used to make us as kids, even today it brings back good memories whenever enjoyed. Hearty lamb bredie made with lamb ribs. Nothing beats a good stew on a cold winter's night, and this hearty lamb bredie (the South African term is lam bredie or lam ribbetjies) made with lamb ribs is one of the best lamb stew recipes ever. You can have Cabbage and lamb bredie (koolbredie) using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Cabbage and lamb bredie (koolbredie)
- Prepare 1,5 kg of lamb knuckles.
- Prepare 1/2 of cabbage, cleaned and chopped finely.
- Prepare 1 of large onion (or in my case 4 baby leeks).
- You need 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
- You need 2 of medium garlic cloves, finely chopped.
- You need 1 of lamb stock cube.
- Prepare 500 g of baby potatoes, chopped in halves.
- It's To taste of salt and pepper.
The lamb is succulent and fall-of-the bone tender, while the stew itself is packed with vegetables. In the Cape Maly Cookbook by Faldelah Williams she says that Bredies is an old Cape name for a dish of meat and vegetables stewed together so that the flavours intermingle and it is impossible to separate the one from the other. The unique flavour of the bredie is determined by the vegetable used. Dad taught us all how to count our pennies without being stingy and taught us the valuable lesson of how to eat like a king on a cash-strapped budget.
Cabbage and lamb bredie (koolbredie) instructions
- Add the olive oil to a large pot on a high heat and add the lamb to cook until golden brown, sealing in and creating more flavour..
- Add the onion(Or leeks) and garlic to the pot and give it a stir..
- Add the chopped cabbage and stir to combine. Cook until the cabbage is browned. Add the stock cube in by crumbling it into the pot..
- Add the potatoes to the pot and cook on a medium heat to simmer until the potatoes and meat is soft..
- Season to taste according to preference and serve hot with steamed rice. Enjoy! :).
Add shredded cabbage to onion mix and render down a bit, keep lid on. 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. Heat the oil and brown the meat. Remove from the pot and sauté onions until golden brown and soft.