Croatian Old Time Veal And Baby Goat «pod Peku»

Total Time: 2 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2500 g veal (thigh or neck)
• 1500 g goat meat (young goat, thigh with ribs)
• 100 g lard
• 1 cup olive oil
• 50 g salt
• 2 bay leaves
• 20 g rosemary (or 1 branch fresh one about 20 cm)
• 300 g onions (preferably spring onion)
• 20 g black peppercorns
• 400 g potatoes (optional)

Recipe

• 1 take appropriate large pot and spread lard over the bottom.
• 2 if meat is too large cut into few pieces, salt them and put into the pot.
• 3 if you use potato, peel potato and cut into 1/8 parts, salt them and put under meat.
• 4 put spring onions, bay leaves, rosemary and peppercorn into the pot, pour olive oil over, cover with aluminum foil and bake on 200°c for 90 minutes.
• 5 after 90 minutes uncover, see if meat is done, cut larger pieces into smaller and bake 30 to 50 more minutes.
• 6 if you are doing real “pekaâ€? you will have to bake it covered, but using aluminum foil now you may decide to bake it uncovered. that will make meat crusty on top.