Bobotee Meat Timbales

Description
Bobotee meat timbales

Ingredients

 * 1 medium onion, chopped
 * 1 oz. butter
 * 1 slice white bread
 * Scant ½ pint milk
 * 2 eggs, beaten
 * 1 lb raw meat, minced
 * 2 tsp curry powder
 * Juice of 1 lemon
 * 12 almonds, chopped
 * 8 dried apricots, soaked and chopped
 * 2 oz. chutney, chopped
 * Salt and pepper
 * 2 bay leaves, broken in pieces

Directions
Sauté onion in heated butter until golden brown. Soak bread in milk, remove, and squeeze dry. Add eggs to milk. Mix the meat with the bread, onion, curry powder, lemon juice, almonds, apricots, chutney, salt and pepper. Add half the egg mixture and blend well. Place in a greased shallow baking dish. Hollow centres slightly to allow for rising. Stick pieces of bay leaves on top. Bake for 20 minutes in a very moderate oven (350 degrees F). Remove bay leaves and pour remaining egg mixture on top. Return to oven and continue baking until custard sets, about 25 minutes.