Cape Malay Babotie Recipes

Steps:

• Warm a heavy pot. Put in first 8 ingredients, warm thoroughly.
• Remove from heat and add next 6 ingredients. Return to low heat and mix until bubbly.
• Dampen and dice bread. Add to mixture and stir well.
• Add ground beef and cook for 15 minutes.
• Fill a shallow greased casserole dish with Baboti mixture.
• Beat egg with milk. Add salt and pepper to taste. Pour over Baboti mixture.
• Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes (until custard is golden).
• Serve with yellow rice and salad.

Steps:

• Soak the bread in the cup of milk, set aside.
• In a large, non-stick skillet, brown the ground beef.
• Add the onions, garlic, curry powder and turmeric and cook until the onions are soft.
• Add sugar, vinegar, raisins, apple, salt and pepper.
• Pour in water and gravy mixture and cook gently until it starts to thicken.
• Remove from heat and cool slightly.
• Gently squeeze excess milk from the bread (add the milk to the custard topping) and tear apart into chunks.
• Fold into meat mixture together with the beaten egg.
• Place the meat mixture into a greased 9 x 9" casserole dish and bake at 350°F for 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven and cool completely.
• Prepare custard topping.
• For the custard topping: beat together the milk, eggs and salt.
• Gently pour over the cooled meat mixture.
• Sprinkle with nutmeg and place bay leaves on top.
• Return casserole to oven until the top is set- about 20 to 25 minutes.
• Serve warm (not hot or better still, room temperature) alongside yellow rice and sambals on the side.
• Cook rice in the usual manner adding turmeric and salt to the water.
• Drain and fluff up, add almonds.
• Place the sambals in small serving dishes and allow guests to help themselves.