South African Babootie Food

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.

SOUTH AFRICAN BOBOTIE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven at 350 deg
• In a medium bowl, mix together milk and bread to soften it. Set aside.
• Lightly grease a 9×13-inch baking dish
• Heat up a large skillet over medium heat, add butter until melted, add in onions and garlic. Saute for about 3 minutes just until soft and fragrant.
• Next stir in the spices: curry powder, turmeric, ground cumin, coriander, thyme and oregano.
• Add ground meat and stirring constantly to break it up, cook until beef is no longer pink or slightly brown. Remove from the stove.
• Add to a bowl, followed by bread mixture, chutney, grated apple, lemon juice and zest, and Worcestershire - add sultanas or raisins. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Mix all together well.
• Add beef mixture into greased casserole dish. Using a spoon press the beef mixture down. This helps keep the egg mixture on top and forms a nice custard top when baked,
• Bake in the oven for around 40-50 minutes.
• While bobotie is baking, mix together eggs, cream, milk and a ¼ teaspoon of turmeric.
• Take the meat out of the oven, pour the egg mixture over the beef. Arrange the bay leaves on top.
• Bake for another 20 minutes (check after 15 minutes ) or until the egg mixture has set.
• Remove and let it rest for a few minutes then serve with yellow rice and vegetables.

SOUTH AFRICAN BOBOTIE RECIPE

Steps:

• Soak the bread in cold water for 2 minutes.
• Heat the butter in a pan and fry the onions until soft and light brown.
• Add the garlic and minced beef.
• Crush the mince while cooking.
• Add all the dry ingredients, black currant and peach chutney. Let it simmer for 5 minutes.
• Squeeze the water out of the bread and add to the mince mixture.
• Pour the mince into an oven proof dish, press the mixture down and smooth it on the top. Allow it to chill.
• Beat the milk and eggs with seasoning; pour over the cooked mince in the ovenproof dish.
• Bake for 35 - 40 minutes at 180°C until golden brown.

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.

SOUTH AFRICAN BOBOTIE

Steps:

• Preheat the over to 350°F.
• Heat the oil in a saucepan and fry the onions and garlic until soft.
• Add the meat and cook until brown, drain if necessary.
• Add the curry, salt, apricot jelly, chutney, Worcestershire sauce, turmeric and vinegar. Mix well.
• Add the lentils, sultanas and oat bran, mix, and allow to simmer for a few minutes. Remove from heat.
• Add one egg to meat, mix well and spoon into a greased over-proof dish. Smooth the tops so it is level.
• Add the other egg, a pinch of turmeric and a pinch of salt to the milk. Mix, and then pour that over the top of the meat.
• Place 3 or 4 bay leaves on top and bake uncovered for about 60 minutes.
• Serve over rice.

SOUTH AFRICAN BOBOTIE

Steps:

• Pre heat oven to 160°C.
• Soak bread in water for around 10 minutes, remove and squeeze excess water and tear into small pieces.
• Add 2 eggs to a large bowl and whisk. Add mince and mix to combine. Set aside.
• In a large frying pan, heat oil and fry onion until golden in colour.
• Add onion mixture to mince along with crumbled bread, hot water, sugar, lemon juice, curry powder, cloves, garlic, turmeric and salt. Mix to combine all ingredients.
• Spoon mixture into a greased, oven proof dish and cook in oven uncovered for 40 minutes, remove from oven.
• Combine topping ingredients and pour over bobotie. Place back in oven and cook for another 10 minutes. Or until topping is set.