While potjiekos has been around since the Voortrekkers the potjie gadgets are anything but old-fashioned. The sleek bowl-like design of the Cadac potjie cooker is best for a family-sized potjie (it fits no. 2 and no. 3 sized three-legged, cast-iron pots) and works incredibly well because the cooker is built into the bowl distributing the heat evenly.
Cadac potjie cooker
It incorporates a built-in windshield, catering for all trekking conditions, and boasts a specifically regulated burner for low-temperature cooking to give you a potjie-perfect simmer for hours.
Potjie
Livelekker’s potjiekos percolator will intrigue any potjiekos chef. It creates a drip-circulation system and the wide base prevents the stew from burning at the bottom while keeping meat succulent throughout without having to stir it. It may seem gimmicky, but it’s a clever thingamajig to add to your cooking kit.
Potjie percolator
It’s made of lightweight metal and floats about in the sauce to begin with, but once you chuck in some potatoes and meat it’s weighed down nicely.
Costs R179,95 (potjiekos pooker)and R99,95 (percolator).
Outdoor Warehouse, tel 0800-003-051, www.outdoorwarehouse.co.za.
Potjiekos recipes
Making you hungry? Check out some potjie recipes from the Getaway Food Blog to cook up this winter
- Justin Bonello’s guide on how to potjie
- Camping recipe: Chicken, mushroom and biltong potjie
- Our editor’s favourite oxtail potjie recipe
- Springbok neck potjie with dumplings
