Bobotie South African Meatloaf Food

BOBOTIE (SOUTH AFRICAN CURRIED MEATLOAF)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line a loaf pan with foil, set aside.
• Combine the tea, raisins, and apricots in a bowl, let soak for 30 minutes. Drain, and reserve ⅓ cup soaking liquid. Set both aside.
• Roughly chop the onion, and finely shred with the garlic in a food processor. Heat olive oil in a heavy-bottomed skillet over medium heat. Cook garlic and onion until lightly caramelized, stirring frequently, about 15 minutes.
• Add the turmeric, coriander, cayenne, cumin, pepper, fennel, and salt. Cook while stirring until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Add the soaked fruit and soaking liquid plus the vinegar. Cook until almost all liquid evaporates.
• Remove from heat and transfer to a large bowl then add the beef, lamb, egg, and almond flour, mix until evenly combined. Transfer meat mixture to the foil-lined loaf pan.
• Scatter almonds in a single layer over the top of the meatloaf, pressing gently to adhere the slivers to the meat mixture.
• Bake for approximately 40 minutes. Cool enough to handle, then gently remove from the pan and slice.

BOBOTIE (SOUTH AFRICAN MEATLOAF)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a large baking dish.
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion in melted butter until browned, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Combine 2 eggs, 1 cup milk, oats, raisins, almonds, vinegar, curry powder, sugar, salt, turmeric, and black pepper in a large bowl. Add onions and ground beef; mix well. Spread the beef evenly into the prepared baking dish; top with bay leaves.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and drain excess fat from the beef.
• Beat 1 egg and 1/4 cup milk together in a bowl; pour over the beef mixture.
• Continue baking in oven until the top is beginning to brown, about 30 minute more. Remove and discard bay leaves to serve.

BOBOTIE (SOUTH AFRICAN CURRY MEAT LOAF)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Combine tea, raisins, and apricots in a bowl; let sit for 30 minutes. Drain, and reserve 1/3 cup soaking liquid; set both aside.
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic and onion; cook until lightly caramelized, about 8 minutes. Add turmeric, coriander, cayenne, cumin, fenugreek, pepper, fennel, and salt; cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add reserved soaked fruit and soaking liquid and vinegar; cook until almost all liquid evaporates, about 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat and transfer to a large bowl; add beef, and mix until evenly combined. Transfer meat mixture to a foil-lined baking sheet, and shape into an 8″ × 4″ loaf; press almonds over top of meat loaf, and bake until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the meat loaf reads 160F, about 40 minutes.

BOBOTIE (SOUTH AFRICAN CURRIED MEAT CASSEROLE)

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium flame. Add the onions and sauté until translucent and just starting to brown. Add the ground beef and break it up while sautéing until cooked through and crumbly. Remove from heat, drain of any excess fat and place in a large bowl.
• Put the bread and milk in a bowl and soak for 5-10 minutes. Remove the bread and squeeze it dry, leaving squeezed milk back in the bowl and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 325°F Add the soaked bread, vinegar or lemon juice, raisins, sugar, curry powder, turmeric, salt and pepper to the bowl with the cooked meat and mix well. Taste and adjust seasonings. The meat should have a pleasantly sweet-sour flavor.
• Pour the meat mixture into a greased casserole dish and smooth out the top. Lay the bay leaves over the meat in a decorative pattern and press down lightly to make them stick. Bake uncovered for 30 minutes.
• Beat the eggs with the reserved bread-soaking milk. After the meat has baked for 30 minutes, pour the egg-milk mixture over the top of the meat and bake for another 15-20 minutes, or until the custard is set and lightly browned.
• Remove from the oven and serve hot with Recipe #456514 and mango chutney.
• VARIATIONS:.
• Add a couple tablespoons of mango chutney or apricot preserves to the meat if you like. A grated apple is also sometimes added.
• Stir a handful of toasted, slivered almonds into the meat mixture before cooking, or garnish the finished dish with toasted almonds.
• One or two beaten eggs can also be stirred into the meat mixture if you like.
• Substitute lemon leaves for the bay leaves if you can find them.
• Use ground lamb in place of the beef.

SOUTH AFRICAN BOBOTIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat; add onion and saute until browned, about 5 minutes. Add ground beef to onion and saute until browned, about 5 minutes.
• Soak bread in 1/4 cup milk in a small bowl, mash, and add to ground beef mixture; stir in 1/2 of beaten egg, raisins, vinegar, sugar, turmeric, salt, curry powder, and ground black pepper.
• Transfer beef mixture to glass baking dish; insert bay leaves.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Whisk remaining 1/2 egg and remaining 1/4 cup milk together in a small bowl; pour over meat mixture and return to oven for 30 minutes.
• Serve with chutney.

BOBOTIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Pour cold water over the bread and set aside to soak.
• Meanwhile, fry the onions in the butter, stirring regularly for 10 mins until they are soft and starting to colour. Add the garlic and beef and stir well, crushing the mince into fine grains until it changes colour. Stir in the curry paste, herbs, spices, chutney, sultanas and 2 of the bay leaves with 1 tsp salt and plenty of ground black pepper.
• Cover and simmer for 10 mins. Squeeze the water from the bread, then beat into the meat mixture until well blended. Tip into an oval ovenproof dish (23 x 33cm and about 5-6cm deep). Press the mixture down well and smooth the top. You can make this and chill 1 day ahead.
• For the topping, beat the milk and eggs with seasoning, then pour over the meat. Top with the remaining bay leaves and bake for 35-40 mins until the topping is set and starting to turn golden.

BOBOTIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine the bread and milk in a small bowl, and let the bread soak for 10 minutes.
• In a heavy saucepan melt the butter and the oil; then, stir in the onions and cook slowly until they are soft and translucent.
• Add the curry, sugar, salt and pepper, and stir for about 30 seconds.
• Stir in the lamb, and saute until well browned. Add the lemon juice, bring the mixture to a boil and remove from heat.
• Drain the bread, and squeeze to dry it completely, reserving the drained milk.
• Add the bread, one of the eggs, the apple, raisins and almonds to the lamb. Beat the mixture with a wooden spoon until the ingredients are well blended. Taste for seasoning.
• Pack the mixture loosely into an ovenproof baking dish, and tuck the bay leaves underneath.
• Whisk the remaining eggs with the reserved milk until it becomes frothy. Pour this mixture evenly over the meat, and bake in the middle rack of the oven for 30 minutes, until the surface has browned and is firm.
• Serve directly from the pan.