Trinidad Pepper Pot

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 beef hock or 1 oxtails or 1 chicken or 1 duck or 1 lamb knuckles or 1 lamb
• 3 lbs fresh lean lamb
• 1 lb salt lamb or 1 lb pickled lamb
• 4 whole bell peppers or 4 scotch bonnet peppers or 4 habaneros
• 1 bunch fresh thyme
• 1 lb onion
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar, heaped
• 1/2 cup cassava juice (cassareep)

Recipe

• 1 clean & cut meat into small pieces.
• 2 put into a large non metal pot (clay)& cover with plenty of water.
• 3 simmer for 2 hours.
• 4 add peppers ( in a small cloth bag), thyme sliced,onions, sugar & casseripe.
• 5 simmer until meat is tender.
• 6 boil everyday to keep fresh.
• 7 add fredsh meat (or cooked leftovers) from time to time.
• 8 never add anything with starch or flour,(even rice) as pepperpot could sour & go bad.
• 9 always use non metal utensils (ie wooden spoons).
• 10 add water with cassereep every so often & boil.