Traditional South African bobotie

These quantities serve up to eight people, but you can adjust them to MAKE the recipe smaller.

Ingredients:

1 fairly thick slice crustless bread (white or brown)

375 ml milk

25 ml OIL

10ml butter

2 onions, sliced

2 cloves garlic, crushed…(I slice them thinly, sprinkle with salt and crush with the blade of a knife)

25 ml curry powder

10ml salt

25ml chutney

15ml smooth apricot jam

15ml Worcester sauce

5ml turmeric

25ml brown vinegar

1 kg raw mince

100 ml sultanas (don’t replace with raisins – they are too sweet; sultanas are much BETTER for this recipe)

3 eggs

pinch each salt and turmeric

bay leaves

Method:

Soak bread in milk. Heat OIL and butter in large pan and fry onions and garlic. When onions are soft, add curry powder, salt, chutney, jam, Worcester sauce, turmeric and vinegar and mix well. Drain and mash bread and reserve milk. Add bread to pan together with mince and sultanas. Cook over low heat, stirring, and when meat loses its pinkness, remove from stove. Add 1 beaten egg, mix well, then spoon into a greased, 28 x 16 cm baking dish and level the top.

Beat remaining eggs with reserved milk (you should have 300 ml, or a little more) and the salt and turmeric. Pour over meat mixture AND PUT a few bay leaves on top. Stand dish in a larger pan of water (this is important to prevent drying out) and bake, uncovered, at 180 degrees celsius for 1 hour or until set.

Serve with rice, coconut, chutney, nuts and bananas

#bobotie #southafrica #beef #curry