Bobotie

Name: Bobotie
Yield: Serves Four
Cuisine: African
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon seedless raisins; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 450 g/1 lb minced cooked lamb (half a shoulder of roast lamb would be perfect); 450 g/1 lb minced cooked lamb (half a shoulder of roast lamb would be perfect); 25 g/1 oz butter; ½ tablespoon curry powder; 1 tablespoon mango chutney; 1 tablespoon almonds; 1 large slice bread; 300 ml/½ pint milk; 1 small dessert apple; 1 onion, finely chopped; few lemon leaves or lime leaves; salt and pepper; salt and pepper; few lemon leaves or lime leaves; 2 eggs

Preparation info

Serves
Four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooking for Friends

By Prue Leith

Published 1978

About

This is a South African dish, rather like a shepherd’s pie, made with lamb and slightly curried. It reheats perfectly and is very successful as a party dish.

Ingredients

1 large slice bread
300 ml/½ pint milk

Africa
South Africa
Main course
Pie

Method

Soak the bread in the milk. Set the oven to moderate (180°C, 350°F, Gas Mark 4) and grease a pie dish lightly.

Chop the apple and add with the chopped onion to the butter in a frying pan. Cook slowly until the apple is soft and the onion transparent. Stir in the curry powder and continue to cook for a further minute or so. Add the chutney, almonds, raisins, and lemon juice.

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