Bobotie (Lamb Meatloaf) Recipe

ingredients

2 slices white bread
milk
2 onions, thinly sliced
1 apple, peeled and diced
2 tablespoons butter
1 pound ground lamb
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 cup raisins
2 eggs
12 blanched almonds, coarsely
6 kaffir lime leaves
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon turmeric
cooked white rice (opt)
chutney (opt)

directions

Soak bread in bowl with milk to cover until soft, then squeeze dry. Saute onions and apple in skillet with butter until tender and not browned. Add bread, lamb, curry powder, sugar, vinegar, salt, pepper and raisins. Add one beaten egg and almonds and mix thoroughly.

Pack mixture lightly into 9x5" baking dish. Arrange lime leaves on top. Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour. Beat remaining egg with milk. Stir in turmeric. Pour over meatloaf and bake 15 minutes longer. Serve with rice and chutney.

cook's notes

This curry-flavored meatloaf recipe made the rounds years ago, when kaffir lime leaves were unknown here. Most people used bay leaves instead, or even lemon oro range leaves from a backyard tree. However, it takes the kaffir leaves to add the proper touch of delicate, lemony perfume.

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reviews & comments

Guest Foodie August 21, 2007

This recipe was what I was looking for and I am about to try it, but the ingredient curry powder is missing in the list and I am going to have to guess at how much to use. You might want to correct that.
- CDKitchen Reply:
  
  Feel free to post again and let other viewers know how much you ended up using.

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