World Flavors Cookbook

Pepperpot

Name: Pepperpot
Cook time: 180 min
Cuisine: Guyana
Ingredients: cassareep (cassava juice), oxtail or beef, pork, cinnamon stick, cloves, thyme, scotch bonnet chili, orange peel, salt, sugar

Guyana's national dish; a dark, rich meat stew thickened with cassareep (bitter cassava extract) and flavored with warming spices.

Cuisine: Guyana

Ingredients

cassareep (cassava juice), oxtail or beef, pork, cinnamon stick, cloves, thyme, scotch bonnet chili, orange peel, salt, sugar

Instructions

Simmer meat in cassareep with spices and enough water to cover. Add orange peel and scotch bonnet (whole). Cook on low heat for several hours until the meat is very tender and the sauce is thick and dark. Serve with thick-cut homemade bread or rice.