Frans's Prizewinning Bobotie

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 slices brown bread, thickly sliced
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 teaspoons butter
• 2 onions, medium, finely chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 2 tablespoons curry powder (fresh, not too strong)
• 1 tablespoon apricot jam
• 2 tablespoons chutney (this would be a fruity chutney like mrs balls or wellingtons)
• 5 teaspoons vinegar, brown (we use a brown grape or wine vinegar)
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon turmeric
• 2 lbs ground beef (and add 2 oz extra, as he uses 1 kg lean mince, just over 2 lbs)
• 1/3 cup raisins (more than 1/3rd, he uses 100 ml)
• 1/3 cup almonds, split (more than 1/3rd, he uses 100 ml)
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 3 eggs
• 8 bay leaves (or use lemon leaves)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 deg f/ 180 deg celsius.
• 2 break up the bread and soak in the milk.
• 3 heat oil and butter in a pan, and fry the onion and garlic until tender and transparent. add the curry powder and apricot jam (jelly) and mix well.
• 4 add the chutney, vinegar, lemon juice, worcestershire sauce, and half the turmeric.
• 5 press the milk from the bread, keeping the milk. add the bread to the mixture in the pan and mix in well. (break up lumps).
• 6 add the ground beef, raisins, splintered almonds and salt.
• 7 mix well, and fry over low heat until the meat just starts changing colour.
• 8 remove pan from stove. beat 1 egg and mix into the meat mixture.
• 9 put the mixture into a suitable, greased oven dish. arrange the bay or lemon leaves in top, or push in halfway.
• 10 beat the 2 leftover eggs with the rest of the turmeric, and the milk you saved from the bread. pour this carefully over the bobotie.
• 11 put the bobotie into a larger dish, and pour warm water into the outer dish, to fill it about 2/3rds full.
• 12 bake for 1 hour. serve with traditional yellow rice with raisins.