South Africa / Main
Bobotie
A bake of spiced mince with dried fruit under an egg and milk custard. South Africa's national dish.
Ingredients
- Minced beef900 g
- White bread2 slices
- Milk400 ml
- Onions2
- Curry powder2 tbsp
- Turmeric1 tsp
- Dried apricots100 g
- Raisins80 g
- Apricot chutney3 tbsp
- Vinegar2 tbsp
- Eggs3
- Bay leaves4
- Almonds50 g
- Vegetable oil40 ml
- Salt and pepperto taste
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 7 steps
Soak the bread in half the milk for ten minutes and squeeze it out, keeping the milk.
Fry the onion in oil until soft, add the curry powder and turmeric and warm them a minute, until fragrant.
Add the mince and cook, breaking up lumps, until it loses its pink, about ten minutes.
Stir in the bread, apricots, raisins, chutney, vinegar, salt and pepper and take it off the heat.
Press it into a dish, level it and bake at 180 °C for forty minutes.
Beat the eggs with the remaining milk, pour it over, stand the bay leaves in the custard and scatter the almonds.
Return it to the oven for twenty minutes, until the custard sets and turns golden.
