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Name: Taos hotpot
Prep time: 52 min
Cook time: 2 h 22 min
Total time: 3 h 14 min
Yield: 10 people
Cuisine: french
Ingredients: 1 leek; 1 onion; 300 g turnip; 300 g potatoes; 500 g potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin); 400 g beef; 400 g chicken breast; 4 tablespoons oil; 4 tablespoons oil; 4 tablespoons chilli spices; 2 litres water; 70 g tomato paste; 2 beefs stock cube; 800 g Polenta; salt; pepper

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Taos hotpot

This hotpot inspired by a stay in Taos (New Mexico) is a mix of different meat and vegetables cooked long and slow, served with polenta.

The preparation is rather long, as is the cooking time, but it reheats very well.

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Last modified on: January 10^th 2018

For 10 people, you will need:

1 1 leek
2 1 onion
3 300 g turnip
4 300 g potatoes
5 500 g potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin)
6 400 g beef
7 400 g chicken breast
8 4 tablespoons oil
9 4 tablespoons oil
10 4 tablespoons chilli spices
11 2 litres water
12 70 g tomato paste
13 2 beefs stock cube
14 800 g Polenta
15 salt
16 pepper
Total weight: 5,315 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
52 min.	2 hours 22 min.	3 hours 14 min.

Preservation:

Several days in the fridge in a sealed container. Freezes very well.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1

15 min.

Prepare and finely chop 1 leek.

Prepare and finely chop 1 onion.

Set aside.

Stage 2

10 min.

Peel 300 g turnip, rinse and cut into chunks.

Peel 300 g potatoes, rinse and cut into chunks.

Set aside.

Stage 3

8 min.

Prepare 500 g potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin) and cut into chunks.

Set aside.

Stage 4

7 min.

Cut 400 g beef and 400 g chicken breast into fairly large dice.

Stage 5

12 min.

Pour 4 tablespoons oil into a large casserole or stewpot on high heat.

When really hot, fry the meat rapidly until browned, starting with the chicken, then the beef.

Stage 6

Set aside the meat.

Stage 7

2 min.

Add 4 tablespoons oil to the pan and when hot, add the chopped onion.

Cook for 2 minutes, stirring frequently.

Stage 8

3 min.

Tip in all the vegetables and meats, add 4 tablespoons chilli spices, salt and pepper, then stir well.

Cook for 2 or 3 minutes like this, stirring frequently.

Stage 9

2 min.

Add 2 litres water, 70 g tomato paste and 2 beefs stock cube, and mix these in.

Stage 10

5 min.

Bring to the boil.

Stage 11

2 hours

Cover, turn the heat down to its lowest and leave to cook for at least 2 hours.

Stage 12

10 min.

Shortly before serving, prepare 800 g Polenta.

Stage 13

Bring both the hotpot and the polenta pan straight to the table, so that everyone can help themselves to polenta first, then spoon the vegetables, meat and cooking juices on top.

Remarks

Taos hotpot, like any slow-cooked dish, can be reheated and served again several times - it just gets better every time. As the quantities are mostly for guidance, do adapt it to suit whatever vegetables or meat you have handy.

Nutritional information

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 10 people : 17.00 €
Per person : 1.70 €

Note : These prices are only approximate

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Source

Home made.

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	Polenta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rata-tart, Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, Firied fillet of sea bream with polenta, ... All
	Potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Triple-Cheese Pumpkin Gratin, Potimarron and leek soup, Potimarron braised in meat jus, Duo of slow-cooked pork, Potimarron and Parmesan tart, ... All
	Beef : You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: How to slow cook meat, Beef braised in reduced red wine, Home-made doner kebab, Carbonnade, Roast beef "like they do it in Santa Fe", ... All

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