SOUTH AFRICA
Bobotie
1.5 hours
4 persons
Easy
One of the most famous recipes from South Africa is bobotie. This delicious casserole, made from minced beef and raisins, was even included in a special United Nations recipe book in 1951. The ingredients list seems long, but you probably already have most of the ingredients at home. To our surprise, there is one ingredient missing that we thought should be included: green beans. But no, this seems to be far from traditional!
The bobotie is delicious with some yellow rice, a salad of red onion and tomato and some extra chutney. When preparing, don't be alarmed by the large amount of milk, it will be fine. The recipe is for four people, but (tip!) feel free to make more, because this bobotie will be very popular.
Preparation
Preparation
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
Soak the slice of white bread in water and press into a pulp.
Combine the following ingredients in a small bowl: the lemon juice, apricot jam, fruit chutney, Worcestershire sauce, tomato puree and the white bread pulp. Mix it together well.
Step 1. Prepare the bobotie
Chop the onion, grate the ginger and chop the garlic finely.
Heat the oil in a large pan and fry the onions until they are soft and starting to change color.
Add the garlic, ginger and spices (curry powder, turmeric, coriander, dried ginger and cumin) and fry for another minute until the bottom of the pan is dry and sticky.
Add the mince a little at a time, breaking up any lumpy bits. Cook, stirring, until the meat just begins to turn from pink to light brown before adding more meat. NB! The meat should not become too brown.
Season generously with salt and pepper.
Add the bowl of ingredients (that you prepared in the preparation), the brown sugar and the raisins and stir well.
Reduce the heat to low, cover the pan and let it simmer for 30 minutes. Stir it often to make sure it doesn't burn. Add a dash of water if the mixture is too dry.
Step 2. Prepare the custard topping
Mix the milk with the eggs and season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
Step 3. Make the bobotie
Pour the bobotie into an oven dish and smooth the surface with a spatula.
Press the bay leaves into the bobotie and pour the custard mixture over it.
Carefully place in the oven and bake for 40 minutes until the custard has set.
Remove from the oven and let rest for 10 minutes.
Serve with yellow rice, tomato-red onion salad and some extra chutney
Ingredients
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp apricot jam
2 tbsp fruit chutney (we used mango chutney)
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp tomato puree
1 slice of white bread,
1 tbsp vegetable oil
2 white onions
1 clove of garlic
0.5 tbsp fresh ginger
0.5 tbsp mild curry powder
0.5 tsp ground turmeric
0.5 tsp ground coriander
0.5 tsp ground ginger (dried)
0.25 tsp ground cumin
500 grams of minced beef (lean)
1 tbsp soft brown sugar
100 g pitted raisins
Salty
Pepper
For the custard
250 ml milk
2 eggs
Salty
Pepper
2 bay leaves
Side dish
Yellow rice
Tomato
Red onion
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