Bobotie: South African Mince Curried Pie

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 slices White Bread
• 2 Onions

  Chopped
• 25 grams Butter
• 2 Garlic Cloves or Garlic Flakes

  Crushed
• 1 Kilograms Minced Beef

  Lean
• 2 Tablespoon Curry Powder
• 1 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
• 2 Tablespoon Mango Chutney

  It has to be "Mrs. Balls Chutney" when we're in South Africa.
• 125 grams Sultanas
• 6 Almonds

  Cut into quarters
• 1 teaspoon Salt

  To taste
• 2 teaspoon Pepper Powder

  To taste
• 1 Lemon

  Juice
• 300 ml Milk
• 2 Eggs

  Large
• Salt

  As per taste
• Pepper Powder

  As per taste
• 5 Bay Leaves

Instructions

• 1 In a pan, pour a bit of the milk over the bread slices and set aside to soak.
• 2 Then fry the onions in the butter, stirring regularly for 10 mins until they are
  soft and start to brown.
• 3 Add in the garlic and minced beef and stir well.
• 4 Add the curry powder, turmeric, mango chutney, sultanas and the almonds with 1
  tsp salt and plenty of ground black pepper.
• 5 Mix well and cover, simmer for 10 mins.
• 6 Squeeze the milk from the bread, break the bread into fine pieces and add to the
  meat mixture.
• 7 Add the juice of the lemon and mix until well blended.
• 8 Tip into an ovenproof dish (23 x 33cm and about 5-6cm deep).
• 9 Press the mixture down well and smooth the top.
• 10 Add eggs to the milk, beat the milk and eggs with seasoning i.e pepper and salt,
  then pour over the meat.
• 11 Heat the oven to 180C. Bake for 35-40 mins until the topping is set and starting
  to turn golden.
• 12 And your Bobotie is ready to serve.

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