
πΏπ¦ South AfricaCatalog recipe Β· Cape Town
Cape Malay's curried beef bake with raisins and almonds under a savory custard β South Africa's unofficial national dish.
For 6 servings.
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Fry onions gold; bloom curry powder; brown the beef.
Mix in squeezed bread, raisins, almonds, lemon and one egg; press into a dish.
Bake 25 minutes at 180Β°C.
Whisk remaining eggs with milk; pour over, plant the bay leaves upright, bake 20 more until the custard sets gold.
π‘ The custard goes on mid-bake so it sits ON the meat, not IN it.
Serve with yellow rice and chutney.
Brought by enslaved Southeast Asians to the Cape and refined over centuries, bobotie balances curry, fruit and custard like nothing else on the continent. Bay leaves stand upright in the top like little flags.
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