South African Bobotie

Name: South African Bobotie
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 1 lb ground beef or lamb; 1 onion, diced; 3 tbsp mild curry powder; 1 tbsp apricot jam; 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce; 2 slices bread soaked in milk; ½ cup raisins; custard topping: 2 eggs, 1 cup milk, bay leaves; yellow rice with turmeric to serve

A South African baked dish of curried beef topped with an egg custard, aromatic, mildly sweet and deeply comforting.

Total time

60 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

45 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Mediterranean

comfortworld

Ingredients

1 lbground beef or lamb

1onion, diced

3 tbspmild curry powder

1 tbspapricot jam

1 tbspWorcestershire sauce

2 slicesbread soaked in milk

½ cupraisins

custard topping: 2 eggs, 1 cup milk, bay leaves

yellow rice with turmericto serve

Instructions

Brown meat with onion and curry; add jam, Worcestershire, soaked bread, and raisins.

Transfer to baking dish; pour custard over; lay bay leaves on top.

Bake at 180°C for 35-40 min until custard is set.

Serve with yellow rice.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

120

Protein

1.4g

Fat

0.2g

Carbs

31.4g

Fiber

1.8g

Sodium

41mg

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