Bobotie

Bobotie is a South African beef casserole, traditionally made with bread and milk. This recipe is inspired by the dish but heavily modified.

2 lbs. ground beef
2 medium sized onions, 1/4" dice
2 T olive oil
2 T curry powder (or more if you like it spicy)
1 tsp turmeric
2 T lemon juice
1/2 tsp black pepper
2 C purple cabbage, finely chopped
2 large eggs
1/2 C mixed dried berries (raisons, currant, cranberry)
1/2 C crab apples, finely chopped
2 bay leaves, powdered with mortar and pestle
1/2 C raw almonds

Preheat oven to 350F. Fry onions in the oil over medium heat until golden colored. Add the curry powder and tumeric. Fry for two minutes stirring all the time, then add the lemon juice, salt and pepper.

In the meanwhile, crumble the ground meat into a pan and cook over medium-low heat until mostly done.

Mix the meat, cabbage, onion mixture and fruit with 1 egg. Pack into a casserole dish and sprinkle with the crushed bay leaves.

Pulse the almonds in a blender on high until coarsely ground, then mix with the remaining egg. Spread this mixture out on top of the meat to make a thin almond crust.

Bake uncovered for approx 30 minutes.

By Bruce Sherrod. Posted to the PaleoRecipe Mailing List, Dec. 2000