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Ostrich Bobotie Spring Rolls
Ostrich Bobotie Spring Rolls
Traditional Bobotie is South Africa’s national dish and consists of a curry flavoured minced meat, topped off with an egg and milk custard. Our Ostrich Bobotie is not only a healthy meal, but beautifully demonstrates the fusion of cultures in South Africa yielding a colourful and fragrant result.
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INGREDIENTS
- 500g Ostrich Mince
- 1 slice white bread soaked in 250 ml milk
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 apple, grated
- 40g butter
- 20ml curry powder
- 2,5ml turmeric
- 30ml fruit chutney
- 1⁄4 cup almonds, chopped or flaked
- 1⁄4 cup raisins
- 15ml lemon juice
- 200ml cream or plain yogurt
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 2 eggs
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 roll of phyllo or spring roll pastry, defrosted
DIRECTIONS
METHOD:
- Pre-heat the oven to 180oC.
- Soak the bread in the milk.
- Lightly brown the Ostrich mince in a hot pan using a little olive oil.
- Cook the onion and apple slowly in the butter until soft, but not coloured.
- Add the turmeric and curry powder and cook for one minute.
- Mix the apple and onion with the meat, chutney, almonds, raisins, and lemon juice.
- Drain and mash the bread, reserving the milk.
- Mix the bread into the meat, using a fork, and season with salt and pepper.
- In a separate bowl, mix the eggs with the reserved milk, as well as the cream or yogurt.
- Pour this custard over the meat mixture in the pan, add the bay leaves and cook for a further
5 minutes to give the custard mixture time to cook. - Cut the defrosted phyllo pastry into squares of approximately 15cm x 15cm.
- Place generous spoonsful of the bobotie mixture in the centre bottom of each pastry square and start rolling it up like a cigar. Stop halfway to brush the pastry with melted butter.
- Then fold the left and right sides inwards, securing the parcel by brushing it again with butter.
- Continue rolling up the remaining pastry into a cigar shape.
- Place on a well greased tray and bake for 30min or until browned.
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