Pork Stew (Stuffat tal-Majjal) and Baked Pumpkin with Tomato Paste!
 
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Pork Stew was one of the dishes served in the Victory Kitchens during WWII. Adding potatoes is optional. You can roast them separately or mash them instead. Pumpkin with tomato paste is a great vegetable dish to try too!
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Cuisine: Maltese
Ingredients
  • 2 onions finely diced
  • 2 cloves of garlic diced
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 690 grams pork (I used pork chops but shoulder or leg will also work) cut into medium sized pieces
  • 100 grams bacon chopped
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 4 celery sticks diced
  • 6 carrots diced
  • 4 large potatoes (about 450 grams) chopped
  • 1 400 gram can of chopped tomatoes
  • 500 ml chicken stock (this can be replaced 250 ml wine and 250 ml chicken stock)
  • 100 grams peas
  • Olive oil for frying
  • Salt and pepper
  • 900 grams pumpkin chopped (no need to peel)
  • 50 grams olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons tomato paste
  • Salt and pepper
Instructions
  1. Fry the onion and garlic in a large casserole dish for 5 minutes with some olive oil.
  2. Add in the tomato paste and bay leaves and fry for a further two minutes.
  3. Add in the pork and fry for about ten minutes until browned.
  4. Fry the bacon for a one minute.
  5. Add in the the celery and carrots and fry for about 5 minutes.
  6. Add in the potatoes and mix well.
  7. Add in the stock and chopped tomatoes. Bring to the boil.
  8. Reduce heat and simmer for about an hour.
  9. Alternatively you can bake in the oven at 150oC for an hour also.
  10. When there is half an hour remaining add in the peas.
  11. As soon as you have started to simmer the pork stew or placed in the oven you can prepare your pumpkin.
  12. In a bowl mix the oil and tomato paste.
  13. Add in the pumpkin and mix together.
  14. Add salt and pepper as desired.
  15. Place on a baking tray and bake in the oven along with the stew (if putting the stew in the oven) for 45 minutes or until golden brown.
Recipe by A Maltese Mouthful at https://www.amaltesemouthful.com/pork-stew-stuffat-tal-majjal-victory-kitchen/