How to Make Delicious Traditional South African Bobotie

Traditional South African Bobotie.

You can cook Traditional South African Bobotie using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Traditional South African Bobotie

1. Prepare 1 kg of free-range beef mince meat.
2. Prepare 2 of onions, chopped.
3. It's 30 g of butter.
4. You need 2 slices of brown bread.
5. You need 1/14 cup of buttermilk.
6. It's 3 of free-range eggs.
7. You need 1/4 cup of dried apricots.
8. Prepare 1/4 cup of raisins.
9. You need 1 tablespoon of apricot jam.
10. You need 2 tablespoons of Mrs balls chutney.
11. Prepare 1 tablespoon of bobotie spice mix.
12. It's 1 tablespoon of curry powder.
13. You need 2 tablespoons of brown sugar.
14. You need 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric.
15. You need 4 of bay leaves.
16. It's to taste of Salt and pepper.

Traditional South African Bobotie instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. Melt the butter and add the chopped onions to a large pot and cook until translucent. Add the mince to the pot and cook until golden brown and caramelized..
2. Season with salt and pepper. Tear bread into smaller pieces and mash it with 1/4 cup of buttermilk and 1 beaten egg. Then add to the pot with the mince..
3. Mix the raisins, apricots, curry powder, bobotie spice mix, 2 bay leaves, chutney and apricot jam, then add to the pot of mince. Stir to combine and take off the heat. Transfer to a roasting dish..
4. For the egg mixture, beat the remaining two eggs with the remaining buttermilk and turmeric. Pour this egg mixture over the cooked spiced mince meat and place the remaining bay leaves on top of the unset bobotie then bake for 20 minutes..
5. Serve with savoury yellow rice or basmati rice..