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Shepherd Stew - Čobanac
Shepherd Stew [Čobanac] is a dish in which the main ingredient is meat...at least three types of meat.
Course
Cooked meals, Dinner, Gourmet, Main Dish, Multi Cooker, Slow Cooker, Soup & Stew
Cuisine
Balkans, Croatian, Worldwide
Keyword
Bay leaf, Beef, Carrots, celery, Dinner, Garlic, Onion, Pork, Stew, Tomato, Vension
Prep Time
15
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
3
hours
hours
Total Time
3
hours
hours
15
minutes
minutes
Servings
10
servings
Ingredients
17.6
oz
pork
cut into bite-sized cubes
17.6
oz
beef
cut into bite-sized cubes
10.5
oz
vension
cut into bite-sized cubes
2
fresh pork crubeen
3
onions
chopped
5
carrots
chopped
2
celery roots
chopped
2
garlic cloves
chopped
1
cup
tomato passata
2
plums
4
dark chocolate cubes
10
cups
water
2
bay leaves
few pepper seeds
salt and groun black pepper
to taste
3
tsp
dry vegetables spice
2
tsp
smoked paprika powder
1
tsp
chilli flakes
1
fresh hot pepper
Instructions
Fry onions in the big pot until it becomes soft. Tip: Adding salt to the onion helps it become soft.
Add finely chopped garlic.
Add the carrot and the celery root. Simmer gently around for half an hour until everything softens and becomes mushy. Add water if necessary.
Add venison. Saute abot 30 minutes.
When you have dropped the venison in the pot add 2 plums and 4 cubes of dark chocolate.
Then add the beef and saute for another 30 minutes.
Finally add the pork.
Add salt, dry vegetables spice, paprika powder,chilli flakes and pepper.
Add tomatoes passata and bring to a boil. Add the hot paprika cut in half and the bay leaves.
Add 10 cups of water. Take care that part of the water will evaporate, and the shepherd's stew must be stewed, not thick.
Put pork crubeen in the stew, which will give the desired density.
Cook over low heat for another 2 hours.
Try during cooking and if necessary add more salt and pepper.
After 2 hours, remove the crubeen and serve the shepherd's stew warm.
Enjoy!
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