Pork and Red Wine oven stew

Even though summer time is about to come for some of you, a good stew is always great at any occasion. The red wine makes such a difference to this dish and the tomatoes just give it that rich flavour you need in a stew. No flour is needed to thicken the sauce.

Ingredients:

1.500kg Good quality pork chops or stewing meat.

1 cup Red Wine

6 Green Cardamom seeds

6 Coriander seeds

1 Tin Italian chopped tomatoes

3 Table spoons Mustard

Salt

Black Pepper

Rosemary and sage grind

1 Tin of white beans of your choice

Olive Oil

Oven dish

Method:

Turn the oven to 180 degrees Celsius

1. Cut the pork in large pieces, remove all excess fat.

2. In a skillet, add olive oil, coriander and cumin seeds and sauté over medium heat.

3. Add the pork just a few slices at a time until lightly browned on both sides. Repeat until all pieces are done.

4. Place the lightly browned pork in an oven dish making sure not to put the Cardamom seeds in as well. .

5. Spread the mustard over the pieces. Add the red wine and tinned tomatoes, season with salt, and grind the pepper and herbs over the stew. Cover the dish.

6. Place the dish in the oven for about 45 minutes at 180 degrees then turn the heat down to 150 degrees and let it cook for another 2 hours in the oven, or longer, until the meat is very tender and yummy.

7. Add the tinned beans, mix and let it stand and rest for about 30 minutes in the oven.

Serve with rice or bread, vegetables and salad.

ENJOY / EET LEKKER

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