Bobotie

Much to the dismay of my husband, I serve minced meat once a week.  Most of us always have some in the freezer and it is very economical after all.  But I do agree that some people really struggle to make the best of it. 

One of my all time favourites is bobotie. 

A bit more than six ingredients, but once you get the feel for it, you won't need the recipe anymore.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.

Roughly chop 2 onions, heat 1 T oil and saute the onions 3 to 4 minutes. Add 1 T curry powder and 1 t turmeric and fry for a minute.  Now add 1 kg mince and stir fry until browned.  In the mean time soak 2 slices of bread in 1 cup of milk and also grate 2 apples.  (No need to peel them, just quarter, remove the core and start grating from the fleshy side - the peel will stay behind.)

Now add the following to the meat:

1 T sugar
25ml vinegar
3 T apricot jam
the grated apple
Squeeze the milk from the bread and crumble into the meat. 
Season with salt and pepper.

Stir until well blended.  Remove from the heat and spoon into a baking dish.

Whisk 2 eggs into the left over milk, adding a pinch of salt.  Pour over the meat and tuck in a few bay leaves.  Bake for 40 minutes.

This will give you enough time to boil some Basmati rice and fine green beans and to make a quick onion and tomato salad. You'll sit down for dinner within an hour!

And, remember the Mrs Ball's!