Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 2 hours on HIGH or 4 hours on LOW

Servings: 4

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp light olive oil
• 1lb ground beef
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
• 1 ½ cups / 1 medium onion, diced
• 1 tbsp garlic, minced
• 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 tbsp apricot jam or chutney
• 2 tbsp Madras curry powder (or regular curry powder)
• 1/4 cup golden raisins
• 2 tbsp lemon juice

for the topping

• 1 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• salt and pepper

Heat the oil on a high heat in a skillet and add ground beef and season with salt and pepper. Brown for 2 minutes and transfer to the slow cooker.

Add the onion to the skillet and soften over a medium heat for 2 minutes. Stir in the garlic and transfer to the slow cooker.

Add the breadcrumbs, milk, jam, curry powder, raisins and lemon juice. Stir to combine, cover and cook on HIGH for 2 hours or LOW for 4 hours.

Whisk the milk and eggs together in a small bowl. After 1 hour 40 minutes (if cooking on HIGH) or 3 hours 20 minutes (if cooking on LOW) pour the egg mixture over the meat mixture in the slow cooker and replace the lid for the remainder of the cooking time.

Serve and sprinkle with toasted almonds.