Squirrel's Klippies n' Coke Potjie

Another week end on the horizon and before we get into the serious hot Sundays and lekker braais the weather is still cool enough to enjoy the odd potjie and I reckon they don't come any odder than this beauty. It's quite simple really, a sort of Dutchman's Baked Beans with apologies to Mr Heinz, but just to pique the interest a little, this one's laced with one of our favourite braai tipples - brandy and coke. Once you tell them that there's Klippies and Coke in the pot you won't be able to keep their fingers out.
Start out the day before by soaking your dried beans. Basically any beans will work but if you can get some small white haricot beans then so much the better. Start your potjie early because there's a good 3 or 4 hours of cooking on a low heat to do and once the cooking is finished the potjie will almost keep forever so better to be finished early than to be waiting on the pot. Now pay attention here, this is a potjie, a Klippie's and Coke Potjie, it's not for the faint hearted, so forget about your olive oil and lean meat. Get some real lard, not that white cooking fat or margarine, real lard and fire it up in the potjie. Next toss in some really fatty pork, chunks of smoked pork belly are excellent or maybe some shoulder or neck for the little ladies. Colour the pork along with roughly chopped onions and then add a spoonful of brown sugar, a spoonful of mustard, add two thirds beans to one third meat and enough tinned chopped tomatoes to cover. Then add Klippies to taste, I reckon 1/4 bottle to start, half a litre of Coke, the real thing not Tab or Coke Light, oh and don't worry about the ice . A little bit of bite in the form of some chopped up peppadews, garlic, 2 spoonfuls of tomato puree and some salt and pepper. All you have to do now is cook it until the beans are like Mr Heinz's. Stir frequently and if it starts to get too dry you can add liquid as required in the form of coke, Klippies or water dependent on your nerve. if you really want to add a Cape flavour then what about some tamarind ? Serve with plenty of dripping garlic bread and you'll be good enough to be anyone's second cousin.