Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, h's south african bobotie. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Bobotie is a South African casserole with a curried ground beef at the bottom, and a thin layer of egg custard on top. This version comes from my friend Rebecca Bourhill of RebeccaBourhill.wordpress.com, who shared her delicious recipe (it's actually her grandmother's recipe - how cool is that!?) with me as part of her South African contribution to my upcoming Taste Of The Place cookbook. Bobotie is a classic South African dish and a favourite for many.
H's South African Bobotie is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. H's South African Bobotie is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have h's south african bobotie using 20 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make H's South African Bobotie:
- Prepare Bobotie mixture
- Take 500 grams lamb mince
- Prepare 2 onions chopped
- Prepare 60 ml butter
- Make ready 1 sliced bread
- Take 125 ml beef stock
- Take 15 ml garlic and ginger paste
- Get 15 ml apricot jam
- Prepare 2 clove garlic crushed
- Get 1 small apple grated
- Make ready 15 ml curry powder
- Prepare 5 ml mixed herbs
- Get 5 ml tumeric
- Get 15 ml fresh lemon juice
- Get 125 ml chopped dried apricots and raisins
- Prepare 1 salt and pepper
- Make ready Topping
- Make ready 250 ml sour cream
- Prepare 2 eggs
- Prepare 6 bay leaves
What is the origin of bobotie? Bobotie is a recipe that was imported to South Africa from Indonesia in the seventeenth century and was adapted by the Cape Malay community. The community members are descendants of Cape Malay are slaves and political refugees from Indonesia and Malaysia. South African Bobotie would be a delicious serve to your trick -or -treaters as it is warming, easy to make in advance and kids love it's tender texture.
Steps to make H's South African Bobotie:
- preheat the oven to 180°F Celsius
- in a frying pan on top of the stove, brown the mince well in a little oil, breaking it up with the back of a fork as it is Browning
- remove and set aside
- Saute the onion in butter until glassy. remove from heat and return the meat
- remove crust from bread and soak in stock. work the bread into mince mixture ensuring that there are no lumps of bread
- add the rest of the ingredients in main list and mix well to taste transfer mince mixture to a casserole dish.
- mix all topping ingredients except the bay leaves and pour over meat
- push bay leaves into mixture
- bake uncovered for 30 to 40 minutes or until topping is brown and set
Bobotie has been recognized as South Africa's national dish. With influences introduced by the spices of Cape Malay cooking, the medieval culinary practices of the Dutch settlers to the indigenous practices of rearing and eating beef, it is no wonder that this melting pot is the rainbow nation's national dish. Bobotie is the national dish of South Africa. This baked beef casserole makes a hearty family meal for all to enjoy. Indulge in the exotic flavours of the curry spices, dried fruit, nuts and the texture and richness of the minced meat.
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