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Ostrich Bobotie With Braaied Mealie Meal Cakes

Prep Time1 hour 5 minutes
Total Time1 hour 5 minutes
Recipe Category: Meat, Side Dish
Makes enough for: 6 people
All Rights Reserved: An original recipe from Lavender and Lime

Ingredients

For the mealie meal cakes

  • 250 mls water
  • 250 mls milk
  • 2.5 mls salt
  • 100 g mealie meal
  • Salt flakes for sprinkling

For the ostrich bobotie

  • 15 mls olive oil
  • 15 g butter
  • 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped
  • 10 mls mild curry powder
  • 2.5 mls ground cinnamon
  • 500 g ostrich sausage, taken out of the casing
  • 1 lemon, zest and juice
  • 30 mls mild chutney
  • 125 mls Red Wine
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper to season
  • 130 g mix of dried peaches and dried apricots, chopped
  • 100 g green beans cut into bite size pieces
  • Chutney for serving

For the bobotie topping

  • 2 eggs
  • 100 mls cream
  • 100 mls milk
  • 0.625 mls ground cinnamon

Method

For the mealie meal cakes

  • Line a 24cm square baking tin (or closest size you have)
  • Bring the water and the milk to the boil in a medium sized pot
  • Slowly whisk in the mealie meal
  • Reduce the heat to the lowest setting and continue whisking for 5 minutes
  • Quickly pour the mealie meal into the baking tin and flatten it with a spatula
  • Leave to cool

For the ostrich bobotie

  • Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat
  • When hot add the butter
  • Once the butter has melted sauté the onions until soft
  • Add the spices and cook until aromatic
  • Add the ostrich meat and cook until browned, breaking it up as it cooks
  • Add the zest and cook for one minute
  • Add the lemon juice, chutney and wine
  • Season to taste and cook until the liquid has reduced by half
  • Add the dried fruit and mix in
  • Remove from the heat and leave to cool

To serve

  • Light your braai and preheat the oven to 180° Celsius
  • Add the beans to the meat and mix in
  • Make the topping by whisking together the eggs, cream, milk and cinnamon
  • Transfer the meat to an oven proof dish
  • Pour the topping over the meat
  • Place the dish into a roasting pan and fill the pan halfway with hot water
  • Bake for 25 minutes
  • Cut 6 squares out of the mealie meal
  • Brush both sides with olive oil
  • Cook for 2 minutes a side on the braai (if you don’t have a braai, use a griddle pan on the stove)
  • Sprinkle with salt flakes once you remove them from the heat
  • Serve a square of mealie meal cake with a square of the bobotie and some chutney on the side