Babotie is a classic South African dish of a curried meatloaf topped with savoury custard and almonds. Sounds weird, but tastes divine.
Cook time: 45 minutes Servings: 4
Ingredients
- Salt
- 1 1/2 tb Curry powder
- 4 Eggs ; beaten
- 2 lb Lean ground beef
- 1 8 oz pkg. dried apricots,
- 1 c milk
- 1 1/2 c Half and half
Directions
- Combine beef, salt and curry powder.
- Combine eggs, milk and cream.
- Combine half of the egg mixture with the beef; stir in apricots.
- Turn into a greased 13 x 9″ baking dish.
- Pour remaining egg mixture over top; float several bay leaves on top of milk; dot with butter.
- Bake at 350 for 45 minutes until top resembles baked custard.
- Enjoy!
