Easy Bobotie Recipe | South African Meat Dish
Gently spiced ground meat is sweetened with chutney and raisins, and topped with a creamy egg custard. It is then baked until the topping is set. Garnish bobotie with almonds and bay leaves.
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hour 30 mins
- Total Time: 2 hours
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Main Course
- Cuisine: South African
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 slices white bread, crusts removed
- 2 1/4 cups (560ml) whole milk
- 2.2 lbs (1 kg) ground beef, lamb, pork or a mixture
- 2 chopped yellow onions
- 3 tablespoons mild curry powder
- 2 tablespoons tomato concentrate
- 4 tablespoons raisins
- 4 tablespoons mango chutney
- 2 peeled, cored and diced apples
- Salt and black pepper, to taste
- 4 lightly beaten eggs
- 1 tablespoon chopped almonds
- 4 bay leaves
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 320 degrees F (160 degrees C).
- Tear the bread into pieces and soak it in half the milk.
- Cook the meat and onion in a nonstick skillet until the meat is browned.
- Stir in the curry powder and cook for 1 minute.
- Stir in the tomato concentrate, raisins, mango chutney, soaked bread and milk, and apple.
- Grind in some salt and black pepper.
- Spoon the mixture into a large ovenproof dish and cover with foil.
- Bake for 45 minutes then discard the foil cover.
- Mix the rest of the milk with the eggs and pour this over the top.
- Add the nuts and bay leaves and cook for 30 minutes more.
Notes
Once the bobotie has cooled down, it can be sealed and frozen for up to 6 months. I like to make my easy bobotie recipe in 2 batches and freeze it in portions.
Find it online: https://victoriahaneveer.com/easy-bobotie-recipe/