Sailor's Stew

Ingredients:

1 lb cured beef
1 clove
1/2 small bay leaf
3 peppercorns
2 cups boiling water
4 ounces pickled red beets
1 Matjes herring filet
12 ounces peeled onions
1 - 2 pickled gherkins
2 1/2 ounces pork fat
1 1/2 pounds mashed potatoes
5 - 10 tablespoons liquid from pickled gherkins or stock
1 finely chopped clove of garlic
salt

Optional: fried egg, pickled gherkin, rolled pickled herring

Preparation:

Place meat and spices in boiling water. Cook slowly over moderate heat until meat is tender. Place meat on dish and drain red beets. Put meat, beets, Matjes herring, onions and gherkins through meat mincer.

Heat pork fat and add meat mixture and saute for about 5 minutes until golden in color. Add stock to mixture and simmer well until blended. Mix in mashed potatoes. Add salt to taste and possibly garlic.

Garnish with slices of red beers, gherkins and rolled pickled herring.