Bobotie

Ingredients:

White bread 2 slices

Onions 2 chopped

Butter 25 grams

Garlic cloves 2 crushed

Beef minced 1 kg

Madras curry paste 2 tablespoons

Dried mixed herbs 1 teaspoon

Cloves 3

Allspice berries 5

Peach or mango puree 2 tablespoons

Sultanas (seedless white grapes) 3 tablespoons

Bay leaves 6

Salt to taste

Ground Black pepper 1 teaspoon

Topping:

Full cream milk 300 ml

Eggs 2

Salt and Pepper to taste

Direction:

Preheat oven to 180 C. Pour cold water over the bread and set aside to soak. In pan take butter and sauté the onions in it. Stirring occasionally. Add garlic and beef and stir well until the beef changes its colour. Add curry paste, herbs, spices, purée, sultanas, salt, black pepper and 2 bay leaves. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Squeeze the water from the bread and add it in the minced mixture. Stir it till all the bread blended. Tip into the oven proof dish. Press the mixture down well and smooth the top.

Topping:

Beat egg and milk with salt and pepper and pour this mixture over the meat. Garnish with remaining bay leaves and bake for 30 minutes until the topping is set and turn to golden brown.