Macadamia Nut Bobotie Recipes

MACADAMIA NUT BOBOTIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C.
• Sauté the onions in the oil/butter mixture.
• Cover with a greaseproof paper circle as well as a lid.
• Cook very slowly for about 20 minutes.
• Add the garlic, carrots and ginger and cook under the paper for a further 10 minutes.
• Add all the spices and seasoning ingredients.
• Turn up the temperature and stir-fry the nuts and chickpeas.
• Soak the bread in the stock, mash it with a fork and add to the mixture.
• Place mixture into an oven-proof dish.
• Beat the topping ingredients together and pour over bobotie.
• Bake at 180°C for 30 minutes until set and golden brown.

VEGETARIAN BOBOTIE

Steps:

• Rinse lentils until water runs clear.
• Cover lentils with water and pre-cook for 30min (you may need to top the water up from time to time).
• Drain lentils.
• Preheat oven to 150C.
• Saute onion and tomato.
• Add curry, tumeric, salt and pepper.
• Cook for 1-2 minutes.
• Add raisins, almonds, chutney, onion and tomato to lentils.
• Mix and place in baking dish.
• Shake up topping ingredients and pour over lentils.
• Place in oven and bake for 1-1/2 hours (egg topping should have risen all the way to the middle)
• Please note:.
• I spice my bobotie mildy and use a slightly sweet sultana chutney - one preference found in the Cape. Some people make theirs hotter and use Mrs. Ball's Original Chutney, which is very tasty and is less sweet. I recommend you experiment, but remember, the dish should be spicy as in flavoursome, not as in burn-your-mouth.
• Also, adding a bit more diced onion will add more texture to the lentils.

MACADAMIA NUT BOBOTIE

Steps:

• Saute onions in butter and oil.
• Cover and sweat slowly-around 20 minutes on low.
• Add garlic, carrots, and ginger and cook covered for 10 minutes.
• Add all the spices and seasonings, turn up to medium and cook for three minutes.
• Add nuts and stir.
• Add bread crumbs and stock.
• Toss well and remove from heat.
• Dip the poppadams in water to soften and then press into individual ramikins or custard cups.
• Fill each evenly with filling.
• Whip together topping ingredients and top each evenly.
• Place 1 split leaf on each.
• Bake at 350F until golden and set.