Creamy Seafood Potjie Recipe with Wine
Creamy seafood potjie recipe made with fresh cream and wine. This easy potjie pot is slow cooked over the coals for rich, comforting flavor.
Creamy Seafood Potjie Recipe with Wine
This creamy seafood potjie recipe is a true South African favorite, made with fresh mixed seafood, cream, and a splash of wine for rich, comforting flavor. Slowly cooked over the the coals of a fire. This potjiekos develops deep layers of taste that make it perfect for relaxed outdoor cooking and sharing with family. Whether you’re new to making seafood potjie or looking for an easy, reliable version, this recipe brings together simple ingredients with traditional cooking methods for a dish that’s both impressive and satisfying. Find more outdoor meal recipe ideas 👉🏻 Grill Braai or Barbecue. click on Potjie Pot Recipes in Easy One Pot Recipes.
A dry white wine that will compliment this recipe and some onions, garlic salt and pepper to taste. Sauté these in some olive oil. Using those amazing peppadew peppers (piquante peppers) they are sweet and so great to add to this recipe. Thickened with fresh thick cream finely before serving.
In the South African Afrikaans language, a potjie, is called “potjiekos”. (a pot of food)
FAQ’S
What makes a potjie pot?
A “potjie kos” meaning a pot of food in South African Afrikaans language. It is a meal cooked in a small cast iron pot called a potjie, (pronounced “poi-kee”). It usually consist of any meat, and vegetables and is cooked out doors over an open fire on coals for a slow cook.
How long should a potjie cook?
A potjie is normally is cooked slowly over coals on a medium heat over a 2-3 hour period. The lid is kept on and not opened until its cooked. Therefore you use enough liquid and not to much so the food can cook undisturbed.
What sides go with a potjie?
Traditionally a potjie can be served with plain Pap (corn meal porridge) or rice. A couple of mixed salads, or even the three bean salad. Potato salad may be used for the potjie that does not contain potato´s. A home made bread is also the favorite.
Ingredients for Creamy Seafood Potjie Recipe with Wine
- ✔️muscles, shrimps or prawns, calamari and fish as well as any frozen mix of seafood.🐟
- ✔️tomato and mushrooms 🍅🍄🟫
- ✔️salt and pepper
- ✔️pepperdews
- ✔️garlic, onion 🧄🧅
- ✔️olive oil
- ✔️fresh full cream
- ✔️wine 🍷
A few ingredients that is needed to make this creamy seafood potjie for a family meal on coals by the fire. The fresh full dairy cream with a mixed selection of seafood that you have on hand. Please view the attached recipe for the exact ingredients and measurements needed. Download or print it, and even use online with the Cook Mode. 😉
How To cook a Creamy Seafood Potjie Recipe with Wine
- Firstly sauté the onions garlic and peppers and mushrooms in a little olive oil then adding seasoning.
- Grill, In door or out door which ever is preferred. Out doors are amazing as the friends or family can sit around the fire and chat and enjoy some starters and drinks.
- The coals have to be watched and replaced now and again to keep the simmer of the pot going. The pot should not cook dry.
- The white wine is added and left to simmer with the seafood in the potjie.
- If the potjie pot gets a little dry then add more wine.
- Finely adding the cream and stirring carefully until the mixture has thickened at the end just before you dish up. Amazing dish.
- A potjie served and plated with some bread rolls and salads. View some side dishes that will go well with these.
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Creamy Seafood Potjie Recipe with Wine
Enjoy this Creamy Seafood and Wine Potjie Recipe, a comforting South African classic cooked slowly over coals for deep, delicious flavor.
- Prep Time: 30 min
- Cook Time: 35 min
- Total Time: 65 min
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Dinner, Lunch, Meals
- Method: Grill on braai or barbecue
- Cuisine: South african
Ingredients
- 250 ml of full cream
- 500 g of mixed seafood of choice (muscles, calamari, shrimps so on)
- 1 white onion chopped
- 5 piquante peppers(peppadew peppers) chopped finely
- 250 g mushrooms chopped
- 2 medium tomatoes chopped
- 1 bottle of dry white wine
- salt and pepper to taste
- 4 teaspoons of garlic cloves finely chopped
- olive oil to baste with.
Instructions
- Light the coals or wood and allow coals to cool down to a medium heat.
- Once the coals have died down, put your medium pot over the coals and add the oil to cover the bottom of the pot.
- Once the oil has heated up, add the onions, stir and allow to go translucent.
- Once the onions look glossy, add the mushrooms, stir and allow to fry for a minute.
- Once the mushrooms have softened slightly, add the piquante peppers (ie peppadew peppers), tomatoes and garlic. Stir and allow to fry.
- Add the seafood mix, stir.
- Add 4 cups white wine to the medium pot, to allow the seafood and onion mix to simmer.
- For 30 minutes allow the seafood mixture to simmer in the juices and white wine with the lid on. Watch the pot, and make sure the liquid does not dry out. If it does keep adding white wine.
- After 30 minutes, add the cream gradually, stir and allow to simmer over a medium to low heat with the lid off.
- Once the liquid looks thicker, take the pot off the heat.
- Serve with fresh bread rolls and salad.
Notes
- Any mix of seafood can be added that you prefer.
- Shell fish goes well with a light white wine, or sparkling wines.
- use frozen or fresh seafood
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