Bobotie is a type of minced beef pie cooked with spices, herbs and dried fruit all topped with a mixture of egg and milk then baked until set. While we were in South Africa we tried many different foods and this was one of our favorites.
I was recently reading that this dish was most likely brought to South Africa by Asian settlers and it is now the national dish of the country.
Serves 8-10
Ingredients:
1 slice white bread
1 cup milk
2 lbs. Ground beef
1 medium onion, peeled and finely chopped
½ cup seedless raisins
½ cup blanched almonds
1 tablespoon apricot jam
1 tablespoon fruit chutney
2 tablespoon lemon juice
2 teaspoons minced fresh herbs
2 teaspoons curry powder
1 teaspoon turmeric
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons oil
3 large eggs
4 bay leaves
Instructions:
Soak the bread in half of the milk, then squeeze it dry and reserve the milk. Mix the bread with the ground beef.
Mix in all the other ingredients, except the remaining reserved milk, the oil, eggs and bay leaves.
Heat the oil in a frying pan and brown the meat mixture lightly. Turn it out into a casserole dish. Beat the eggs with the remaining and reserved milk and pour over the meat. Garnish the top of the mixture with the bay leaves. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes, or until set.
Serve with yellow rice with raisins and chutney.