Bobotie

Name: Bobotie
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: South Africa
Ingredients: 275 g Greek yoghurt; 2 medium eggs; a handful of sultanas; 1 tbsp mild curry powder; 150 ml milk; 2 large onions, finely chopped; 2 kaffir lime leaves or bay leaves (see Tip); a handful of flaked almonds; 75 g fruit chutney; 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce; 1 small dessert apple, grated; 3 tbsp vegetable oil; 450 g lamb mince; salt and pepper to season; 2 thick slices of white bread; 3 cm (1 in) piece of ginger, peeled and finely grated; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 tsp ground coriander; ½ tsp ground cumin; 1 tbsp tomato purée

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Prue

By Prue Leith

Published 2018

About

I’m South African by birth, and the one dish I remember loving all through my childhood is this. It’s a sort of cross between a shepherd’s pie and moussaka, mildly curried, and is a reflection of South Africa’s history of Dutch and Malaysian influences. It is great for a party – unusual enough to surprise people, but not so exotic as to put off the children. It will sit in a warm oven for hours.