The traditional recipe for the iconic mieliepap tert consists of layers of pap, tomato, cheese and other delicious ingredients like bacon, mushrooms. In this case, I just mixed it all together, let the flavours combine, and in such a way you create this amazing flavour of pap and all the other ingredients together. Give it a try next time you are having a braai.
Ingredients
For the pap:
- 2 cups maize meal
- 3 cups water
- salt
For the rest of the mixture:
- 1 tot olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 packet streaky bacon
- 1 punnet mushrooms, sliced
- 1 tin chopped tomatoes
- 1 cup cheddar cheese, grated
- 1 cup cream
Method
- First prepare your pap. Mix the pap, water and salt together, let the pap simmer on low heat for 30 minutes with a lid, stirring every now and then until the pap is cooked and a nice texture. Set aside.
- In your black no.10 potjie,on the fire, heat the oil and fry the onion and garlic until soft. Add the bacon and fry until cooked. Then add the mushrooms and fry for a few minutes until soft and cooked.
- Now add your cooked pap, break it up into pieces and mix everything together in the potjie.
- Add the tomatoes, stir, then add the cream and grated cheese. Mix it lightly together and cover with the lid. Add coals on top of the lid and let the potjie bake over medium heat for 20 minutes.
- Serve with your favourite braai meat and enjoy!
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