One of the most incredible international trips I have taken to date was to South Africa this past May for the Cape Town Marathon. We stayed at the Camps Bay Retreat where I did get to try some. Funny enough our hotel was spread throughout a very hilly property where each one had it’s own living room with books and one book was a South African Cookbook with this Bobotie recipe. I snapped it onto my camera roll and have saved it for now. It is simple to make, amazingly delicious, and is sure to warm your heart and stomach for dinner. Enjoy!
South African Bobotie
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 2 medium onions, chopped finely
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 tsp butter
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp curry powder
- 2 slices brown bread
- 2 tbsp raisins
- 1 tbsp tomato sauce
- 1 tbsp mango chutney
- 1 large apple, grated
- 1 tbsp curry powder
- 1½ tbsp vinegar
- freshly cracked sea salt, to taste
- freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
Topping
- 2 beaten eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 4 bay leaves
For Serving
- yellow rice
- 1 banana, sliced
Prepare
- First, brown the ground beef and onions together slowly in the butter.
- Then mix all the other ingredients together. If the mixture is dry, add a little water. It must be quite wet.
- Mix this into the mince and onions.
- Next, simmer for 10 minutes.
- Put into a baking dish.
- Beat the eggs into the milk.
- Pour on top of the mince mixture, lay the bay or lemon leaves on top, and place the dish into another dish filled with warm water.
- In the meantime, make the yellow rice according to the box’s instructions.
- Bake at 350°F, until the custard has set, for about 25 minutes
- Serve with yellow rice, a sliced banana, and enjoy!
