{"id":24977,"date":"2024-06-23T13:35:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T13:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluffmeatsupply.co.za\/newsite\/?post_type=recipe&#038;p=24977"},"modified":"2025-11-25T12:42:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T12:42:54","slug":"the-williams-potjie","status":"publish","type":"recipe","link":"https:\/\/bluffmeatsupply.co.za\/touchscreen\/index.php\/recipe\/the-williams-potjie\/","title":{"rendered":"The Williams Potjie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BY J\u2019 SOMETHING <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Chef\u2019s note: <\/u><\/em><\/strong><em>This Potjie triggers so many memories for me\u2026 One of the most relaxing methods of cooking has to be cooking in a potjie \u2013 or a \u201cdrievoet\u201d, as my wife likes to call it. Uncle Elton, my best friend Brent\u2019s dad, would spend the whole day around that pot and I just never understood it, not until I started making my own potjies at home. This is my tribute to the famous Williams\u2019s potjie on Currie Street. <\/em><\/p>\n<h4><u>INGREDIENTS<\/u><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>1kg lamb knuckles, dusted in flour<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc cup olive oil<\/li>\n<li>1 large onion<\/li>\n<li>4 carrots (2 finely chopped; 2 roughly chopped<\/li>\n<li>3 celery sticks, finely chopped<\/li>\n<li>3 cloves garlic, finely chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp paprika<\/li>\n<li>150g minced chourico<\/li>\n<li>1 cup red wine<\/li>\n<li>2 cans chopped tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>1tbsp brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>4 cups lamb (or beef) stock<\/li>\n<li>4 potatoes, roughly chopped<\/li>\n<li>300g green beans<\/li>\n<li>1 can cannellini beans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><u>METHOD<\/u><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Heat the olive oil in a pot, add the onion, finely chopped carrots, celery, garlic, paprika and chourico. Fry until the vegetables have softened, then remove from pot and set aside.<\/li>\n<li>Place the knuckles into the pot and cook until browned. Return the vegetable mixture to the pot.<\/li>\n<li>Add the red wine and allow to reduce. Once reduced, add the tomatoes and sugar, and allow to simmer for about 10 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Add the stock, roughly chopped carrots and potatoes. Cook for 1 \u2013 2 hours or until the meat us nice and tender.<\/li>\n<li>Lastly, add the green beans and cannellini beans, and cook for a further 10 minutes \u2013 and you are done!<\/li>\n<li>Best served with rice.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"hide-redirect-shortcode\">\t\t<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"60; url=https:\/\/bluffmeatsupply.co.za\/touchscreen\/\">\r\n\t\tPlease wait while you are redirected...or <a href=\"https:\/\/bluffmeatsupply.co.za\/touchscreen\/\">Click Here<\/a> if you do not want to wait.\r\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"qrcpromodalwrapper\" style=\"margin: 20px 0;\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"qrc-modal-toggle\" id=\"popModal_ex2\" style=\"background:#d81313;color:#ffffff;border: 1px solid #ce1e1e;border-radius:20px;padding: 6px 14px;font-size:17px\">Click To View On Phone<\/button><div class=\"qrc_modal\"><div class=\"qrc-overlay qrc-modal-toggle\"><\/div><div class=\"qrc-modal-wrapper qrc-modal-transition\"><span class=\"qrc-modal-toggle\">&times;<\/span><div class=\"qrcswholewtapper\" style=\"text-align:left;\"><div class=\"qrcprowrapper\"  id=\"qrcwraa2leds\"><div class=\"qrc_canvass\" id=\"qrc_cuttenpages_2\" style=\"display:inline-block\" data-text=\"https:\/\/bluffmeatsupply.co.za\/touchscreen\/index.php\/recipe\/the-williams-potjie\/\"><\/div><div><a download=\"The Williams Potjie.png\" class=\"qrcdownloads\" id=\"worign\">\r\n           <button type=\"button\" style=\"min-width:250px;background:#c0081d;color:#ffffff;font-weight: 600;border: 1px solid #e2141b;border-radius:20px;font-size:17px;padding: 6px 0;\" class=\"uqr_code_btn\">Scan QR \ud83e\udc0b<\/button>\r\n           <\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY J\u2019 SOMETHING Chef\u2019s note: This Potjie triggers so many memories for me\u2026 One of the most relaxing methods of cooking has to be cooking in a potjie \u2013 or a \u201cdrievoet\u201d, as my wife likes to call it. 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