Bobotie-A Traditional South African dish

[carragheendexters]

I first tried this fantastic dish at a Dexter promotion group Christmas get together. Margaret (wagradexters). (Hope you don't mind me putting the recipe on here Margaret, too good not to share) had made this dish and it was a hit. I wanted to share it with you all as I love it so much and  have taken the recipe from The Dexter Promotion Group of SE NSW website, but originally the recipe has come from the Meat and Livestock Australia website. I have tried to change it to fit you US people but can't do the Celcius to Fahrenheit thing, would have to find a site that does conversions, maybe a Canadian knows offhand how to convert.

BOBOTIE-A Traditional South African Dish

800g (1.75 lb) lean beef mince (ground beef)
2 tblsp sunflower oil
2 onions finely chopped
1 tblsp curry powder
2 tblsp red wine vinegar
2 tomatoes peeled and chopped
1 cup beef stock
2 slices crustless white bread cubed, soaked in 1/4 cup milk
50g (about 2 oz) flaked almonds
2tblsp chopped dried apricots 
2 tblsp lemon juice
2 tblsp mango chutney
3 eggs
3/4 cup milk
6 fresh or dried bay leaves

Preheat oven to 180*C (sorry don't know F)
Heat the oil in a frypan and add onions. Cook for 5 mins or until soft and golden.
Add the meat and cook until it turns brown, breaking up any lumps.
Add the curry powder and cook for another min.
Stir in vinegar, tomatoes and stock, and cook uncovered for 15 mins.
Add the bread mixture, almonds, sultanas, dried apricots, lemon juice and mango chutney to the pan and stir well.
Spoon the mixture into 6 ovenproof bowls (or one large dish if you prefer, we have done this ) to 3/4 full. Bake for 20 mins (or a little longer if you use  a large dish)
Remove from oven.
Beat together eggs and milk. Spoon over the meat. Place a bay leaf on the egg mixture (or arrange nicely if one large dish is used) and return to oven for 20 mins (or longer if with a large dish.) or until egg mixture is set.
The egg mixture puffs up at first but will sink onto the  top of the meat.

Serve with rice, poppadoms, extra chutney and salad.
Serves 6.

Thanks to Margaret for introducing me to this great meal. Love it.
Still to try her beef brisket recipe. When I do I will put that on here as well, if she doesn't mind.

Try it, you'll like it.
regards Louise

[copperhead]

that sounds pretty fantastic, I gotta try it !!

[carragheendexters]

Definitely try it. It will become a favourite, so easy to make too. We have ours with rice and green veg.
regards Louise

[djdewetsa]

Yes Bobotie is nice
I cant make it but my mother always have.
Regards
Danie

[djdewetsa]

PS bobotie is served with yellow rice , their is "rosyntjies" dryed grapes in the rice.
Dont know how they get it yellow will ask my mother again