Babootie
photo by Chef Come Lately
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 teaspoons curry powder (more if you're brave!)
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
- 1⁄8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 lb ground beef
- 2 slices bread, crumbled
- 2 cups milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1⁄2 cup raisins
directions
- In a large heavy fry pan, cook onion in butter until golden brown.
- Add curry powder, 1 1/4 tsp salt, and cayenne pepper to pan and sauté another 2 - 3 minutes.
- Add beef. Sauté until browned. Remove from heat and drain fat. (very important--thoroughly drain the fat!).
- Soak crumbled bread in 1 1/2 cups of milk.
- Add milk mixture to beef mixture in pan and stir.
- Pour into buttered baking dish about 8 inches square, or similar size.
- In small bowl, beat eggs with remaining 1/2 cup milk and add the raisins.
- Pour egg mixture over top of beef mixture.
- Bake uncovered in a 375°F oven for 50 - 60 minutes until the top is a pretty, light golden brown.
- Serve with steamed vegetables, or rice if you prefer.
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Reviews
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We were skeptical of this recipe at first (weren't sure about the raisins). However, this ended up being delicious! The raisins added just the right amount of sweetness. We did think it could use more spice, actually so, we plan on using more curry powder next time. I'm also wondering how this might be with a spoonful of curry paste instead of the powder. Still quick prep and yummy! We had this with brown rice and baked acorn squash. The flavors worked really well together. Thanks for sharing!
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Well, I made this vegetarian by substituting some fake meat...yum =). It was pretty good, but needs some more flavor. However, I think if you were using the real beef it would be perfect. Perhaps I'll add some broth or something when I reconstitute my 'meat'. Thanks - I had babootie over the summer in England - made by a Dutch woman who lived in South Africa - I thought it was South African... regardless - it's good stuff!
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I love to sing Barbershop Harmony (Sweet Adeline Int.) in addition to a love for road racing and the SCCA community! (google it!) My family's cooking history is rooted in the farm country of Central New York State. Mom knew how to can fresh vegetables from the garden, tap our Maple trees to make homemade syrup, and the value of simple cooking using inexpensive ingredients. Add to that a husband who favors spicy foods and ethnic choices like West Indian, or Asian, and the soul food of the deep south, and my own roots of Germanic and English (is there such a thing?) cooking and our family has a wide variety of favorites plus an adventurous spirit to try new things!