Guyana · Guyanese
Guyanese Pepperpot
Beef braised for hours in cassareep, clove and cinnamon until dark, glossy and spiced.
- Prep
- 25 min
- Cook
- 180 min
- Total
- 205 min
- Serves
- 8
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Course
- Main course
Ingredients
8 servings
- Stewing beef1.5 kg
- Cinnamon stick1
- Cloves6
- Brown sugar2 tbsp
Preparation
- 1
Brown the beef in batches.
- 2
Add cassareep, spices, pepper, sugar and water to cover.
- 3
Simmer very gently for three hours until the sauce is dark and thick.
- 4
Rest overnight for the best flavour and reheat to serve.
Nutrition
Nutrition per serving · Calculated
- calories
- 478 kcal
- protein
- 44 g
- carbs
- 20 g
- fat
- 24 g
- fiber
- 1.2 g
- sugars
- 12 g
- sodium
- 720 mg
The ingredient behind this recipe
Cassava
Caribbean PantryThe oldest staple of the Caribbean, cultivated long before contact.
- Origin
- Indigenous to the Amazon and the Antilles
- Flavour
- Neutral, waxy, faintly sweet
- Calories / 100g
- 160 kcal
- Seasonality
- Year-round
The story behind this ingredient
Taíno communities processed bitter cassava into cassava bread thousands of years ago. That flatbread survives today in Dominica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
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