Easiest Way to Cook Yummy Bobotie

Bobotie. Bobotie (Afrikaans: [bəˈbuəti]) is a well-known South African dish consisting of spiced minced meat baked with an egg-based topping. Bobotie appears to be a variant of Patinam ex lacte, a dish documented by the ancient Roman writer Apicius, layers of cooked meat, pine nuts. I come from Cape Town which is the home of Bobotie and I work in the Bo-Kaap.

It's widely believed that bobotie was introduced to South Africa by slaves brought over from Indonesia. Today many consider bobotie to be the national dish of South Africa, and it has become popular on menus featuring South African cuisine. Such a fun name, don't you think? You can have Bobotie using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Bobotie

1. It's 550 g of Mince meat.
2. It's 1 of large onion, finely chopped.
3. You need 1 cup of milk.
4. Prepare 2 slices of white bread.
5. It's 2 TBS of peach chutney.
6. Prepare 1 of extra large egg.
7. Prepare 1/2 TBS of curry powder.
8. It's of Salt and black ground pepper, for taste.
9. Prepare of Oil for frying.
10. It's leaves of Bay.

The bobotie was moist and delicious. It just add to the flavour. Bobotie has been recognized as South Africa's national dish. Bobotie is the crown of South African cooking - to call it a meat loaf sells it short, the flavors include Often considered the national dish of South Africa, bobotie is a fantastic mix of flavors, with fruit, curry.

Bobotie instructions

1. Preheat oven to 175 degrees and lightly grease oven dish..
2. Heat oil in the pan and fry onion until soft. Add mince, fry until it's brown..
3. Soak bread into milk and squeeze the access milk from the bread. Add the bread to the mince mixture, while you put your milk aside. Stir in chutney, curry powder, salt and pepper..
4. Add the mixture to the baking dish and bake for 30 minutes..
5. In the meantime whisk the reserved milk, egg and salt. Pour in the baking dish and put bay leaves on top of the milk mixture..
6. Return bobotie to the oven to bake until top is golden brown. About 25 - 30 minutes. Serve with yellow rice..

Bobotie is South Africa's famously delicious meat pie. A South African favourite, this traditional bobotie recipe stems from my friend Ruschka's mother's recipe and has been altered to the recipe you see below. Bobotie or bobotjie is a South African deep-dish casserole made from ground beef or lamb, herbs, spices, curry powder, fruits, and a finish of golden-brown egg custard that is scented with cinnamon or. A classic Bobotie recipe, never goes out of style. As a matter of fact, if you are pondering what to cook for dinner - or even better - what to cook for your dinner PARTY - don't.