Slavonian Čobanac Recipe To Make At Home (Slavonian Meat Stew)
Croatian Čobanac is a traditional meat stew which was cooked in a cauldron hung over an open fire - now we show you how to cook it at home.
- 1.5 kg meat (3.3 lbs) make a mix of pork, beef & or wild game meat
- 500 g onion (17.5 oz)
- 350 g carrot (12 oz)
- 75 g parsley root (2.6 oz)
- 2 Tbls. sweet red paprika powder
- 1 Tbls. hot red paprika powder
- 5 Tbls. vegetable oil
- 2 Tbls. salt
- 5 L water (1 gallon)
- 2-3 Pickled hot peppers
- 300 g conserved mushrooms (10.5 oz)
- Clean and chop the onion in very small pieces
- Saute the onions in vegetable oil on very light heat for at least 30 minutes. Stir them often, and watch over the pot so they do not burn. If you like you can add a small amount of water after 5-6 minutes just to be sure nothing burns
- Peel the carrots and grate the parsley root very fine with a grater. Add it to the onions and continue to saute for around 45 minutes. It needs to almost turn into a paste
- Now is time to add paprika powder, stir it well into the vegetables
- Cut the meat into bite-sized pieces and add it to the pot, firstly wild game meat, after 5 minutes beef meat and after another 5 minutes pork meat. Leave it cooking until browned. Put salt over the meat and veggies and stir it well
- For this amount of ingredients, you will need around 5 liters of water, add the first liter and continue to sauté for around 1 hour
- Now add the remaining water and continue to cook for one more hour. In the last half of hour add the mushrooms and hot peppers if like
Stir them often, and watch over the pot so they do not burn. If you like you can add a small amount of water after 5-6 minutes just to be sure nothing burns Peel the carrots and grate the parsley root very fine with a grater. Add it to the onions and continue to saute for around 45 minutes.
It needs to close to turn into a paste Now is time to add paprika powder, stir it well into the vegetables Cut the meat into bite-sized pieces. Add it to the pot, firstly wild game meat, after 5 minutes beef meat and after another 5 minutes pork meat. Put salt over the meat and veggies and stir it well For this amount of ingredients, you will need around 5 liters of water, add the first liter. Continue to sauté for around 1 hour Now add the remaining water and continue to cook for one more hour.
In the last half of hour add the mushrooms and hot peppers if like
