Bobotie (Microwave)

All time classic

Serves: 6-8

Ingredients:

• 30g Butter / Margarine
• 1 large Onion, chopped
• 2 Cloves garlic, crushed
• 30ml Curry powder
• 10ml Turmeric
• 60ml Lemon juice
• 1kg Mince
• 1 thick slide White bread, soaked in a little milk
• 45ml Apricot jam / chutney
• 125ml Raisons
• 1 Cooking apple, peeled & grated
• 1 ripe Banana
• 100ml Beef stock, or dry white wine
• Salt & Pepper
• 5ml Gravy browning
• 6 Lemon or bay leaves

Ingredients (Custard):

• 3 Eggs
• 250ml Milk (fresh milk added to milk drained from bread)

Method:

1. Place butter in a large shallow dish. Micro on high for 1 minute.
2. Add onion & garlic - micro on high 3-4 minutes.
3. Mix together curry powder, turmeric & lemon juice, add to onion mixture & blend well.
4. Add the mince & mix with fork. Micro, covered, high (5 minutes).
   Stirring once or twice.
5. Drain milk from bread, set aside to use in custard.
6. Mash soaked bread with fork & add to meat mixture.
7. Add apricot jam, raisons, apple & banana, stock, seasoning & gravy browning.
8. Mix well, cover & micro on 70% for 10 minutes, stirring once.
9. Smooth mixture, raising slightly in centre so that egg custard is poured over most of it & will settle around edge. Micro, uncovered on 50% for 20-25 minutes or until custard is set.

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