Bobotie South African Curried Meat Casserole Recipes

BOBOTIE (SOUTH AFRICAN CURRIED BEEF CASSEROLE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 F. Lightly grease a 9X13X2 casserole pan and set aside.
• Brown the ground beef--when it is browned, drain it of excess moisture and grease. Set aside.
• Tear the bread into small pieces. Place in a bowl and cover with 1/4 cup of the milk. Let soak for 20 minutes, turning the bread occasionally so that it soaks evenly. At the end of the 20 minutes, let any excess milk drain off.
• Heat butter in a large skillet. Add the onion with a pinch of salt. Fry until softened, about 7-8 minutes. Add the garlic and curry powder and cook for another minute, stirring to prevent scorching. Remove from the heat.
• In a large bowl, mix together the browned beef, soaked bread, the onion and garlic mixture, the raisins, almonds, lemon juice, chutney, salt, pepper and 1 egg. Mix until evenly distributed and then spread into the prepared casserole dish.
• Whisk together the remaining 3/4 cup milk with the other egg. Pour this over the casserole. Tuck the bay leaves into the casserole.
• Bake for 10-15 minutes, until the casserole is set. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving--remove the bay leaves before serving.

BOBOTIE (SOUTH AFRICAN CURRIED MEAT CASSEROLE)

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium flame. Add the onions and sauté until translucent and just starting to brown. Add the ground beef and break it up while sautéing until cooked through and crumbly. Remove from heat, drain of any excess fat and place in a large bowl.
• Put the bread and milk in a bowl and soak for 5-10 minutes. Remove the bread and squeeze it dry, leaving squeezed milk back in the bowl and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 325°F Add the soaked bread, vinegar or lemon juice, raisins, sugar, curry powder, turmeric, salt and pepper to the bowl with the cooked meat and mix well. Taste and adjust seasonings. The meat should have a pleasantly sweet-sour flavor.
• Pour the meat mixture into a greased casserole dish and smooth out the top. Lay the bay leaves over the meat in a decorative pattern and press down lightly to make them stick. Bake uncovered for 30 minutes.
• Beat the eggs with the reserved bread-soaking milk. After the meat has baked for 30 minutes, pour the egg-milk mixture over the top of the meat and bake for another 15-20 minutes, or until the custard is set and lightly browned.
• Remove from the oven and serve hot with Recipe #456514 and mango chutney.
• VARIATIONS:.
• Add a couple tablespoons of mango chutney or apricot preserves to the meat if you like. A grated apple is also sometimes added.
• Stir a handful of toasted, slivered almonds into the meat mixture before cooking, or garnish the finished dish with toasted almonds.
• One or two beaten eggs can also be stirred into the meat mixture if you like.
• Substitute lemon leaves for the bay leaves if you can find them.
• Use ground lamb in place of the beef.

BOBOTIE (SOUTH AFRICAN BEEF CASSEROLE)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Pour milk over bread in medium bowl. Lightly press bread into milk; let stand until ready to use.
• Brown meat in large nonstick skillet on medium heat. Remove meat from skillet; drain. Set aside.
• Add dressing to skillet; heat 1 min. Add onions; cook 3 min. or until crisp-tender, stirring frequently. Add tomato paste and dry seasonings; mix well. Cook and stir 2 min. Remove skillet from heat. Stir in meat.
• Squeeze bread slices over bowl to remove as much milk from bread as possible; reserve milk for later use. Add bread to meat mixture along with the chutney; mix well. Spoon into 2-qt. casserole sprayed with cooking spray.
• Whisk eggs with reserved milk until blended; pour over meat mixture.
• Bake 50 min. or until topping is golden brown and set in the center. About 30 min. before casserole is done, cook rice as directed on package, omitting salt.
• Top casserole with cheese; bake 5 min. or until melted. Serve with the rice.

BOBOTIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Pour cold water over the bread and set aside to soak.
• Meanwhile, fry the onions in the butter, stirring regularly for 10 mins until they are soft and starting to colour. Add the garlic and beef and stir well, crushing the mince into fine grains until it changes colour. Stir in the curry paste, herbs, spices, chutney, sultanas and 2 of the bay leaves with 1 tsp salt and plenty of ground black pepper.
• Cover and simmer for 10 mins. Squeeze the water from the bread, then beat into the meat mixture until well blended. Tip into an oval ovenproof dish (23 x 33cm and about 5-6cm deep). Press the mixture down well and smooth the top. You can make this and chill 1 day ahead.
• For the topping, beat the milk and eggs with seasoning, then pour over the meat. Top with the remaining bay leaves and bake for 35-40 mins until the topping is set and starting to turn golden.

BOBOTIE - SOUTH AFRICAN CAPE MALAY CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Soak the bread in the cup of milk, set aside.
• In a large, non-stick skillet, brown the ground beef.
• Add the onions, garlic, curry powder and turmeric and cook until the onions are soft.
• Add sugar, vinegar, raisins, apple, salt and pepper.
• Pour in water and gravy mixture and cook gently until it starts to thicken.
• Remove from heat and cool slightly.
• Gently squeeze excess milk from the bread (add the milk to the custard topping) and tear apart into chunks.
• Fold into meat mixture together with the beaten egg.
• Place the meat mixture into a greased 9 x 9" casserole dish and bake at 350°F for 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven and cool completely.
• Prepare custard topping.
• For the custard topping: beat together the milk, eggs and salt.
• Gently pour over the cooled meat mixture.
• Sprinkle with nutmeg and place bay leaves on top.
• Return casserole to oven until the top is set- about 20 to 25 minutes.
• Serve warm (not hot or better still, room temperature) alongside yellow rice and sambals on the side.
• Cook rice in the usual manner adding turmeric and salt to the water.
• Drain and fluff up, add almonds.
• Place the sambals in small serving dishes and allow guests to help themselves.

BOBOTIE (SOUTH AFRICAN MEATLOAF)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a large baking dish.
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion in melted butter until browned, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Combine 2 eggs, 1 cup milk, oats, raisins, almonds, vinegar, curry powder, sugar, salt, turmeric, and black pepper in a large bowl. Add onions and ground beef; mix well. Spread the beef evenly into the prepared baking dish; top with bay leaves.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and drain excess fat from the beef.
• Beat 1 egg and 1/4 cup milk together in a bowl; pour over the beef mixture.
• Continue baking in oven until the top is beginning to brown, about 30 minute more. Remove and discard bay leaves to serve.

SOUTH AFRICAN BOBOTIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat; add onion and saute until browned, about 5 minutes. Add ground beef to onion and saute until browned, about 5 minutes.
• Soak bread in 1/4 cup milk in a small bowl, mash, and add to ground beef mixture; stir in 1/2 of beaten egg, raisins, vinegar, sugar, turmeric, salt, curry powder, and ground black pepper.
• Transfer beef mixture to glass baking dish; insert bay leaves.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Whisk remaining 1/2 egg and remaining 1/4 cup milk together in a small bowl; pour over meat mixture and return to oven for 30 minutes.
• Serve with chutney.