Cooking Times

30 min
Prep Time
155 min
Cook Time
185 min
Total Time

Ingredients (12 items)

2.00 cups Cornmeal
1.00 cup All-purpose flour
3.00 lbs Goat meat
or beef, cubed
2.00 Eggs
1.50 cups Milk
0.50 cup Sugar
2.00 large Onions
chopped
3.00 large Tomatoes
chopped
1.00 green Papaya
cubed
1.00 Madame Jeanette pepper
2.00 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
0.25 cup Butter

Instructions (8 steps)

1
Make pan bati: mix cornmeal, flour, eggs, milk, sugar, melted butter.
2
Batter should be thick like pancakes. Let rest 15 minutes.
15 minutes
3
Make stoba: brown goat meat. Add onions, sauté until soft.
15 minutes
4
Add tomatoes, green papaya, madame jeanette, Worcestershire.
5
Add water to cover. Simmer 2 hours until meat very tender.
120 minutes
6
Stew should be thick and rich. Season with salt and pepper.
7
Cook pan bati on griddle like thick pancakes, 5 minutes per side.
10 minutes
8
Serve stoba over or beside pan bati. Aruban Christmas tradition.