Bobotie

Ingredients

• 2 slices of day-old bread
• 1 cup of milk
• 2 ½ Tbsp butter
• 1 Tbsp oil
• 2 onions, diced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 500g beef mince
• Scant ½ cup of sultanas or raisins
• 2 Tbsp chutney (flavour of choice)
• ¾ Tbsp garam masala
• ½ Tbsp ground coriander
• ¼ tsp ground cloves
• ¼ tsp cumin
• ⅛ tsp nutmeg
• ¾ tsp turmeric
• ¾ tsp mixed spice
• 3 bay leaves
• ¼ tsp ground pepper
• Salt to taste
• 2 eggs, beaten

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180°C.
2. Cut crusts off bread and soak in the milk.
3. Add butter and oil to a pot or pan over medium-high heat, then add onions and cook until softened.
4. Add garlic and mince and cook until meat has just browned.
5. Take dish off the heat and add all ingredients except the bread, milk and eggs and mix well.
6. Squeeze the milk out of the bread and add the bread to the meat mixture, combining everything well.
7. Spoon the meat mixture into a greased ovenproof dish and bake for 30 minutes.
8. Mix the eggs with ½ cup of the milk used to soak the bread and pour over the meat mixture, then bake for a further 30 minutes.
9. Serve with yellow rice, vegetables of choice and chutney.

Serves 6.

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