Best Bobotie
Description
Bobotie is a South African dish similar to meatloaf but so much better. Ground beef is seasoned with slightly sweet curry, topped with a milk and egg custard, and baked until golden brown. It's delicious!
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook onions in hot oil until soft, 2 to 3 minutes. Crumble ground beef into the skillet; cook and stir until brown, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Pour milk in a shallow dish. Soak bread in milk. Squeeze excess milk from bread and set milk aside.
- Add bread to beef mixture. Stir in raisins, chutney, curry powder, apricot jam, salt, and black pepper. Pour mixture into the prepared baking dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour.
- Whisk together reserved milk, egg, and a pinch of salt. Pour over top of beef mixture. Lay bay leaf on top of milk mixture.
- Continue baking until top is golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove bay leaf before serving.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 medium onions, minced
- 1 ½ pounds ground beef
- 1 cup milk
- 2 slices Texas toast thick-sliced bread
- ½ cup raisins
- 1 tablespoon hot chutney
- ½ tablespoon curry powder
- 1 teaspoon apricot jam
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 large egg
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 bay leaf