彩虹料理－南非菜給公婆踐行

感恩節過去，公公婆婆要回家啦。做了一頓南非菜晚餐給公公婆婆踐行。

南非菜並沒有像我最初想象的那麽古樸粗狂，充滿原始野性的純非洲風情。因為深受荷蘭和英國兩個殖民母國的影響，又大量吸收印度，馬來西亞菜的特色（荷屬東印度公司曾經販賣了很多印度，印尼，馬來人來好望角做奴隸，如今有20萬人口），還有其他歐洲移民如德國，法國，意大利等等，包括鄰國葡萄牙殖民地莫三比克的料理，再加上本地的材料和做法，南非菜就和這個國家的別稱“彩虹國度”一樣，是各國風味的大熔爐，品種多元，口味豐富，碰撞出很多火花。

Samosa咖喱三角餃

Samosa是印度菜對南非的貢獻，如今在南非是最常見最受歡迎的小吃之一了。我偷懶，這是買的。

Oxtail Potjiekos 紅燒牛尾



Potjiekos是一口三腳鐵鍋，用慢火燉燒，通常在野外烹煮。我就用我家的燜燒鍋代替了。這是我第一次煮牛尾，買到了很新鮮很漂亮的牛尾，一大早就開工，還倒光了一瓶小貴的紅酒（沒敢告訴老公是他剛花了二十多塊買的）。牛尾是活肉，燉到酥嫩入味，輕輕一撥就脫骨，骨節之間還有膠質包裹。一整鍋紅豔豔，飄著濃鬱香味，公公婆婆還有老公都很喜歡。
http://www.getaway.co.za/food/oxtail-potjie-recipe/

Bobotie咖喱肉派


看看內部組織
Bobotie是南非的代表性料理之一，我覺得像meatloaf。簡單說就是絞肉炒香加上雞蛋，各種香料、醋、果幹、果醬、蘋果、杏仁，最後澆上鮮奶和雞蛋的custard。這個菜口味層次豐富，絕對有火花，是這頓飯的明星菜。

Ingredients
• 1 lb ground beef, lamb, pork, or combination
• 2 tablespoons butter or olive oil
• 1 large yellow onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1½ tablespoons curry powder
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• ¼ teaspoon cumin
• ? teaspoon nutmeg
• ? teaspoon cloves
• ? teaspoon allspice
• 1½ teaspoons salt
• ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons apricot jam or mango chutney
• 1 tablespoons malt or cider vinegar
• 2 slices stale bread, crusts removed, and cubed, soaked in about ½ cup milk.
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup diced apple, peeled and cored (about 1 medium-sized apple)
• ¼ cup finely diced dried apricots
• ¼ cup golden raisins
• For the custard:
• 1 cup whole milk
• 2 large eggs
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon turmeric
• For topping:
• 6 bay leaves
• 2 tablespoons slivered almonds

Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a medium (about 8x10) casserole dish.
2. Heat the butter or oil in a large frying pan and saute the onions and garlic until soft and translucent. Add the ground meat and cook until most of the pink is gone. Add the curry, turmeric, cumin, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice and cook for another 2 minutes.
3. Add the salt, pepper, apricot jam and vinegar and stir to combine.
4. Squeeze excess milk from the bread and add the bread to the meat mixture. Stir to combine. Add the egg to the mixture and stir to thoroughly combine.
5. Add the apples, apricots and raisins and stir to combine.
6. Scoop the meat mixture into the greased casserole dish.
7. To make the custard, combine the milk, eggs, salt and turmeric and whisk together until blended. Evenly pour the custard over the meat mixture. Place the bay leaves on top and evenly sprinkle over the slivered almonds.
8. Baked uncovered for an hour or until the mixture is set and the top is golden brown. Serve with yellow rice

大家不要被這個看似複雜的食譜嚇倒，其實就是把肉末炒炒，然後加各種材料去烤就好。那些香料可以在店裏的bulk部門買一點點就好。過程其實很簡單，youtube有epicurious的教程。這個周末打算再做一次。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xJLkz1x4jo&spfreload=10

Geel Rys (Yellow Rice) 黃米飯

Bobotie和這個飯是經典搭配。帶有甜味的米飯，是小朋友的最愛。
Ingredients
1 Tablespoon sugar
½ teaspoon turmeric
1 Tablespoon salt
2 Tablespoons butter
1 cinnamon stick
1 cup raisins
1 teaspoon lemon rind
2 cups white rice
Procedure
In a large pot, bring 6 cups of water to a boil.
Add all the ingredients (except rice) to the boiling water and stir until the sugar has dissolved.
Add the rice, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove the cinnamon stick and lemon rind before serving.

Komkomer Sambal (Cucumber Relish) 黃瓜絲
清爽解膩的黃瓜，配重口味的肉菜是必備。

Ingredients
3 medium-sized fresh cucumbers, peeled and seeded
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 Tablespoon cider vinegar
1 clove garlic, finely minced
1 teaspoon jalapeno pepper, finely minced
Procedure
Grate the cucumbers on the large holes of a hand grater into a salad bowl.
Sprinkle them with the salt and let them stand for 2 hours.
Drain them in a colander, pressing out the liquid.
Add the vinegar, garlic, and jalapeno pepper and mix well.
Cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour.
Serves 6.

Melktert 鮮奶塔

鮮奶塔是荷蘭人傳承給南非的甜點，因為鮮奶對雞蛋的比例高，比蛋撻輕盈，奶香濃鬱。還蠻容易做的，一次成功！
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Melktert-231248

開吃開吃！


喔，這個跟非洲無關，隻是當天我和鄰居媽媽們玩餅幹交換的成果，那個熱可可杯子餅幹太可愛了！