Meat / RICETTI
Maltese pork stew
Slow-simmered pork with potatoes, tomatoes and peas.
◷ 125 min / 4 servings
Method
- Brown pork in oil in batches. Add chopped onion and carrots for 8 minutes.
- Add garlic, tomato paste, tomatoes, wine, water and bay. Season and simmer covered 1 hour.
- Add potato chunks and cook another 25 minutes.
- Add peas for the final 8 minutes. Cook longer if pork is not yet tender.
✳ From the kitchen
Pork stew also appears in Anton Dougall’s traditional Maltese cookbooks.
Tradition reference
Maltese food archive · Stuffat tal-majjal ↗Reference for the dish tradition. This recipe is an original home-kitchen adaptation; family versions vary. Not professionally kitchen-tested.