Bobotie is a South African national dish (see chef AG blog from around the world in 30 days) that was first brought to the country by Malay slaves. This savory pie has been documented in the Cape of Good Hope since the 1600s. While the ingredients have changed throughout the centuries, bobotie pie has always been known for its complementary flavor profile. It consists of a ground beef base topped with a custard or pastry. It was originally made with mutton or pork and spiced with ginger, lemon rind and marjoram. However, today, ground beef (minced beef) is more commonly used, along with curry powder and dried fruit of apricot and raisins. Bobotie pie is then can be garnished with chutney, walnuts and bananas. The sweet and savory flavor profile mixes wonderfully with the curry.

To make our Puffed Pastry hand helds or pot pie's we first use our All Prepped Up recipe that can be purchased frozen for your slow cooker / Insta Pot / Stove top and/or Oven and precook it to perfection. We then fill the hand held or pot pie puffed pastry with this wonderful cooked ingredients, flash freezing the raw pastry for you to remove it from the freezer and bake it from frozen or you can thaw first and then bake it. Either way.

We make the hand helds 7" big, filled with 1/4 to 1/3 cup of ingredients. Enough for a large single serving and can be complemented with a salad. The Pot Pies are 5.5" round by 1.75" deep filled 2/3 of a cup to 1 cup of ingredients. Truly enough for a very large appetite plus left overs or serves two to three comfortably especially with a nice side salad.

Cook from Frozen or Thaw freezer meal overnight in refrigerator or in the morning in cold water.
Add the contents of freezer bag to baking sheet.
From Frozen Bake at 375F for 30-45 mins or until golden brown.
From Thawed Out Bake at 375F for 15-25 mins or until golden brown.