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Braai potato bake

Name: Braai potato bake
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 1.5 kg potatoes, thinly sliced; 1 large onion and 2 cloves garlic; Salt, pepper, nutmeg; 250 ml cream and 250 ml milk; 1 sachet white onion soup (optional); 150 g cheddar, grated

The most argued-over side dish in the country, and one of the old braai.co.za's most-visited recipes. Creamy under a golden cheese lid, cooked at the fire while the meat gets the attention. The onion-soup sachet is optional but traditional — we don't make the rules.

Kettle braai or beside medium coals Serves 8 1 h 30

Ingredients

1.5 kg potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
1 large onion, thinly sliced, and 2 cloves garlic
Salt, black pepper, a scrape of nutmeg
250 ml cream + 250 ml milk
1 sachet white onion soup (optional, classic)
150 g cheddar, grated

Method

Layer the potatoes, onion and garlic in a buttered foil dish or flat potjie, seasoning each layer.
Whisk the cream, milk and soup sachet together and pour it over. Seal with foil.
Bake 60–75 minutes in a kettle braai (or on a grid beside medium coals with coals on the lid) until a knife slides through without argument.
Uncover, top with the cheddar, and give it 15 minutes more until golden and bubbling. Guard it.

Engineer's view

Read left to right: ingredients merge into steps, steps merge into supper.

Ingredient	Process →
Potatoes 1.5 kg, thin	Layer in a buttered dish, seasoning as you go	Pour over · seal with foil	Bake 60–75 min · kettle braai or beside medium coals, coals on the lid	Uncover · cheese on · 15 min more → golden & bubbling
Onion & garlic 1 onion, 2 cloves
Salt, pepper & nutmeg
Cream & milk 250 ml each	Whisk together
Onion-soup sachet optional	Whisk together
Cheddar 150 g, grated	Grated and waiting for the great uncovering

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