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Make my mince exciting, please!

17 replies

wilbur · 03/06/2006 11:20

Have bought a load of bogof mince. Want to make something for the family and freezer that isn't bolognaise/cottage pie/meatballs/burgers. Anyone got a nice interesting, maybe with mild spices, recipe for a mince based dish? Needs to be dairy free for ds2, but I can add cheese at the end for the others.

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ghosty · 03/06/2006 11:27

Does it have to be egg free too or just dairy free? If not the why not try Bobotee? Not sure how you spell it but it is a South African dish made with mild spices and has an eggy crust on the top ...
There are various ways I think but my mum used to make it - it was yummy ....
I will google it ...

wilbur · 03/06/2006 11:31

He's still under 1 so it should be egg free too, but that sounds interesting and I could make it for the others and just separate ds2's off.

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ghosty · 03/06/2006 11:37

I just googled it and it does have egg and milk in it but you could take a portion off for your baby and give the mince to him with some potato or something ....

There are various versions of it on google and this was the first ....

Bobotee (South Africa) - I did spell it right Smile

This may be considered the national dish of South Africa, although it is commonly thought that it arrived there with Malaysian immigrants during the 17th century.

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 medium onions, chopped
1 large slice white bread
1 cup milk
2 pound ground beef or lamb
Salt and freshly-ground pepper, to taste
3 teaspoons curry powder, or to taste
1 tablespoon brown sugar
Juice of 1 lemon
1/4 cup chopped almonds, plus more for garnish
1/4 cup golden raisins (sultanas)
1/2 cup chopped Granny Smith or other tart apple
3 eggs
3 bay (laurel) leaves
1 medium onion, sliced and separated into rings for garnish

Heat the oil in a sauté pan over moderate heat and sauté the chopped onions until tender but not brown, about 5 minutes. Reserve.

Soak the milk in the bread. Squeeze the milk from the bread and reserve both the bread and the milk. Combine the onions, bread, meat, salt, pepper, curry powder, brown sugar, lemon juice, chopped almonds, raisins, apple and 1 egg in a large bowl, mixing well with your hands.

Place the meat mixture in a greased 3-quart casserole or baking dish and bake uncovered in a preheated 250 degree F oven for 30 minutes.

Mix together the 2 remaining eggs, the reserved milk, and the bay leaves and pour over the meat mixture. Decorate with onion rings and extra almonds. Raise the oven temperature to 350 degrees F and bake an additional 45 minutes.

Serves 4 to 6.

There are various different recipes there ... one was without milk .... but don't look too far down the list as there is a recipe for Whale Bobotee (use 1/2 lb of whale meat [vomit emoticon]Shock)

IIRC it really is a yummy meal ... the beef one that is Smile Might try it myself this week ...

wilbur · 03/06/2006 11:54

That's brilliant thanks - looks like the kind of thing the older two will love.

And I'm not sure even Waitrose stocks whale meat...

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drosophila · 03/06/2006 12:59

Mince Pork

Fry onions, lots of grated fresh ginger, lots fresh garlic and two chopped red peppers.

Throw in mince pork - fry a little

Add juice of a lime, good splash of Japanese Soya sauce and good dash of sweet chilli sauce.
Season
Cook for about 10-15min and serve with sticky rice

No idea if it would work with mince beef though.

wilbur · 03/06/2006 13:13

That sounds lovely - don't see why beef wouldn't work, although I know pork and ginger is esp nice.

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drosophila · 03/06/2006 19:47

Forgot to say - two red chillies chopped as well. Just fry with all the veg.

wilbur · 07/06/2006 14:12

ghosty - did bobotee and it was a triumph! Kids loved it (I did a separate one for ds2, used tomato juice instead of milk and egg) and even dh, who is often a bit funny about meat mixed with fruit thought is was v good. So thanks.

Am going to try drosophila's recipe next.

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motherinferior · 07/06/2006 14:17

oooh, shall I find my mother's kheema recipe?

donnie · 07/06/2006 14:34

lots of lea and perrins!

docket · 07/06/2006 14:36

Did you say Kheema recipe? Yes please MI!

wilbur · 07/06/2006 14:39

Yes please MI - am on economy drive due to planning to overspend on new kitchen and being of reduced earning capacity at the mo! So there will be A LOT of mince happening here.

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motherinferior · 07/06/2006 14:59

Ahem: cannot track down but will email my mother again and possibly Hoxtonchick has it. It's very nice. My favourite food as a child, and possibly still.

motherinferior · 07/06/2006 16:39

Here you go. In my mother's inimitable style.

Buy really good quality mince. Start with a piece of cinnamon and a few cloves in hot oil. Put in a large onion, sliced fine, and let it colour. Then add turmeric, chilli, coriander and cummin powders. Let this cook a minute or so before adding ginger-garlic paste. Give that a minute or so, until the masala is fried and the oil separates. Add the mince and toss well to brown in the spices. Turn down the fire, add tomatos and a good handful of chopped coriander and mint. (mint is really nice with mince). Put into an oven (mark 4) and leave until well cooked and tender - abt an hr.

Variations: I like peas, added just before the tomatos, and mixed well in. sometimes I also add a small potato chopped small. My sister, in her omnivorous days used to love cauliflower in her mince. I would be careful of its disintegrating, and add it halfway through, separated into quite small florets. Another friend once told me she cooks her mince with some finely sliced fennel (just the bulb). A Srilankan aunt, Pushpam, (I've just remembered) used to add fired cashewnuts, towards the last ten minuets or so of cooking. That was rather splendid. I must do that again.

pegasus · 07/06/2006 16:47

Chilli con carne.

batters · 07/06/2006 17:24

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docket · 07/06/2006 17:28

It does indeed, thanks MI Smile

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