Many South Africans will recognize the ingredients as being similar to Babotie, the national dish of the country . And that is exactly what this recipe is about. Bell peppers that have stuffed with a Babotie flavoured mince and topped with a savoury egg and milk custard.. This fusion results in the best of both worlds. Moist and succulent baked peppers with the wonderful flavour of Babotie
Ingredients
Minced meat – 500 grams (beef or lamb)
Onion – one medium ( diced 6mm)
Garlic - two cloves finely chopped
Madras curry powder – one and a half tablespoons
Vegetable oil – two tablespoons
Olive oil – 2 tablespoons
Chilli powder – two teaspoons
Apricot jam – two tablespoons ( see note)
Worchester sauce – one tablespoon ( 15ml)
Bread – one thick slice ( preferably white bread)
Milk – one cup
Eggs – three eggs
Balsamic vinegar – one tablespoon
Butter – one teaspoon
Bell peppers – four
Turmeric - half a teaspoon
Instructions
Soak the bread in the milk for ten minutes and then drain. Keep remaining milk to one side
Remove the tops of the bell peppers and discard the seeds. Cut in half lengthwise
Grease a baking dish with the butter
Place the bell peppers in the baking dish and drizzle with the olive oil. Keep to one side.
Heat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius
Fry the onion in the vegetable oil until translucent
Add the garlic and cook for a minute
Add the curry and chilli powders. Fry until the spices are cooked out ( see note)
Add the balsamic vinegar, Worchester sauce and apricot jam. Stir until well combined
Add the meat and cook until all pinkness has been eliminated and beginning to brown
Add the soaked bread and an egg . Mix until well combined with the mince
In a pouring jug, add the remaining eggs to the reserved milk. Add the turmeric and mix well
Stuff the peppers with meat mixture up three quarters full
Pour in the egg milk custard to the top
Place in the oven for 30 to 40 minutes
In this time the peppers will have become cooked and the egg custard browned
Serve
Notes
Cooking out means until the essentials of the spices have been released
To turn this into a low carb meal use our recipe for low carb babotie
This recipe yields 4 servings
Keywords: South African Babotie stuffed bell peppers
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 250g Calories: 741 Fat: 49 g Saturated fat: 16 g Unsaturated fat: 18 g Trans fat: 0 g Carbohydrates: 38 g Sugar: 13 g Sodium: 372 mg Fiber: 7 g Protein: 42 g Cholesterol: 262 mg
Recipe by The Chilli Workshop at https://chilliworkshop.co.uk/recipes-with-chilllies/stuffed-peppers/spicy-stuffed-peppers/