Meat Curry (Bobotie)

Submitted by CJAY8248

"Posted for ZWT7- Africa. Found on alleasyrecipes.com. This is a traditional Zimbabwean recipe."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 1 meat custard
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 907.18 g cooked lamb or 907.18 g mutton
• 1 thick slice bread
• 236.59 ml milk
• 2 medium onions, sliced
• 1 apple, sliced
• 28.34 g butter
• 29.58 ml curry powder
• 9.85 ml caster sugar
• salt
• 8 almonds, finely chopped
• 1 handful raisins (or sultanas)
• 2 eggs
• pepper

directions

1. Mince the meat finely. Soak the bread in the milk, beat the lumps out with a fork and drain off any surplus milk.
2. Fry the onions and apple in the butter; add the curry powder, sugar, a little salt, almonds, raisins and 1 well- beaten egg, them the meat.
3. Mix well, stirring over the heat for a few minutes, then put into a well-buttered dish.
4. Beat the second egg;add the rest of the milk strained off the bread, which should not be less than a quarter of a pint.
5. Add salt and pepper to taste and pour over the mixture, then bake gently in a 350* oven until the custard is set.
6. The same mixture put into an open short crust flan and served cold, makes an excellent picnic dish.