Name: Bobotie
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 800 g ground beef; 1 pc onion (chopped); 2 cloves garlic (minced); 2 tbsp curry powder; 1 tbsp apricot jam; 30 g raisins; 1 slice white bread (soaked in milk, torn into pieces); 150 ml milk (divided); 2 piece egg; 3 pcs bay leaves; 30 ml vegetable oil; salt and pepper (to taste)

Method

Preheat the oven

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.

10 min

Soak the bread

Soak the torn bread in half the milk and set aside.

Cook the onion

Cook the onion and garlic in the oil over medium heat until soft.

5 min

Brown the mince

Add the ground beef and cook, breaking it up, until browned.

8 min

Add curry and fruit

Stir in the curry powder, apricot jam, raisins and the soaked bread, and mix well.

2 min

Transfer to a dish

Season with salt and pepper, then press the mixture into a greased baking dish and tuck the bay leaves on top.

Bake the base

Bake until the meat mixture is set and lightly browned on top.

20 min

Pour the custard topping

Whisk the eggs with the remaining milk and pour evenly over the baked meat.

Finish baking

Return to the oven and bake until the custard topping is set and golden.

The custard should look like a firm, softly set quiche top, not scrambled — pull it as soon as it stops jiggling in the center.

15 min

Rest and serve

Let the bobotie rest briefly before serving with yellow rice.

5 min

Bobotie

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