Beef simmered low and slow in a peanut butter and tomato sauce with root vegetables and cabbage — a hearty Senegalese stew, spooned generously over steamed rice.
Brown the beef
Brown the beef chunks in the oil in a large pot.
10 minFry the base
Add the onion, garlic and tomato paste and fry until fragrant.
5 minLoosen the peanut butter
Whisk the peanut butter with a ladle of the beef stock until smooth, then stir it and the rest of the stock into the pot.
Simmer the beef
Add the bay leaves and scotch bonnet pepper, bring to a gentle simmer, and cook until the beef is tender.
Add the vegetables
Stir in the carrots, sweet potato and cabbage.
Finish simmering
Simmer until the vegetables are tender and the sauce has thickened.
15 minServe
Serve the mafe hot over steamed rice.
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