Recipe of the Week: Bobotie, by K.R.

Here is my recipe for Bobotie (a South African sweet meat dish)
Ingredients:

• 2 pounds ground beef
• 2 onions, chopped
• 2 Tablespoons oil
• 2 Tablespoons curry powder
• 4 eggs
• 12 almonds or any nut you like, chopped or 1 Tablespoon pumpkin seeds
• 4 dried apricots, finely sliced
• 1 1/2 Tablespoons fennel seed
• 1 Tablespoon apricot jam
• 1 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• Lemon juice to taste
• 6 lemon leaves
• 1 1/3 cup milk (fresh or prepared powdered)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F, then 300 degrees F later.
2. Soak bread in a little milk until soft, then mash with a fork.
3. Saute onions in heated oil. Add curry powder and mix.
4. Add meat and stir using a fork.
5. Beat one egg. Stir in remaining ingredients except lemon leaves, remaining three eggs, and milk, set these aside to add later.
6. Stir to mix remaining additional ingredients.
7. Spoon into a greased pie dish. (Keep the mixture pretty wet.)
8. Arrange lemon leaves on top.
9. Bake at 325 degrees for 30-40 minutes.
10. Whisk remaining eggs and milk and season to taste. Pour over bootie. This will result in a custard topping.
11. Return dish to oven and bake slowly at 300 degrees F. for 25 minutes. Serve with yellow rice.

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