Bobotie: A South African Dish

2 medium sliced onions

2 tblspns butter

2 lbs mince meat

1&1/4 cups milk

1 teaspoon salt

1 tblspn curry powder

1 thick slice bread

2 eggs

Method: Fry the sliced onions in the butter until lightly browned. Sprinkle the curry powder over the onions, add salt, and meat and mix well together. Soak the bread in the milk, then drain off the milk, mash the bread with a fork and add it to the meat mixture, together with 1 beaten egg. Turn into a buttered pie-dish. Add sufficient milk to the milk drained from the bread to make up to 3/4 cup. Beat the remaining egg and mix it with the milk. Season with salt & pepper & pour this over the meat mixture in the pie-dish. Dot with small bits of butter over the top & stand the pie-dish in another pan of water. Bake gently for 30 - 40 minutes at 350F.

Source: Cook Book: St Joseph's School, Clare (Clare: St Joseph's School, 1991), p.22.