Rumour has it that originally this recipe had no liquor as it was intended for children and the elderly…if this is true, then I say change is good! Thanks to Franco and Ezio for showing me how to make the ultimate Tiramisu. You’ll Need 2 tubs mascarpone cheese (250g each) 250 ml cream 18 egg [...]
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I learned to make this in the kitchen of Chef Geoffrey Murray at the Pezula Resort Hotel and Spa Estate in Knysna. Try it once. You’ll be hooked! You’ll Need: ¼ cup olive / canola oil mix a small handful of fennel seed a small handful of mustard seed a small handful of cumin seed [...]
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For the Salad: 450ml Thai dressing 3 large potatoes – spiralled 500g clean queen prawn tails cooking oil 2 heaped handfuls of mixed salad greens ½ cucumber – cut in slices 10 cherry tomatoes – halved 100ml prawn oil For the Thai Dressing: 1 cup fish sauce 1 glass Swartland Chenin Blanc a knob of [...]
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You’ll Need: 1 cup sugar 2 large free range eggs – at room temperature 1 tablespoon smooth apricot jam 1 ¼ cups cake flour 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda a pinch of salt 2 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar ½ cup of milk muffin tray For the Glaze: 1 cup cream 125g butter [...]
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For the Batter: 4 cups of flour ½ a cup of sugar a drizzle of sunflower oil 4 – 5 free-range or organic eggs about a litre of milk First up, make a batch of pancake batter. Put the flour, sugar and sunflower oil into a mixing bowl, make a well in the middle then [...]
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Oxtail takes looong to make, so do this when you’ve got time to drink wine and chill at home with friends and family. You’ll Need: 4kg oxtail 4 onions, chopped 8 carrots, chopped cake flour salt and pepper olive oil good quality organic beef stock A fine red wine Maizena – about ¼ cup diluted [...]
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This will feed 3 or four friends, unless they’re starving, in which case you should probably double up on the quantities. You’ll Need: 1 onion, roughly chopped a couple of cloves of garlic, peeled and sliced a good dollop of olive oil ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper ½ teaspoon Hungarian paprika 2 tins good quality whole [...]
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Worms are one of the major players in the decomposition of organic matter. A worm farm is practically odour and fly free and compact. What it produces though is where the real magic happens…I call it agricultural gold. – You need to score three wooden or plastic containers that fit into one another – they [...]
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You won’t believe it! I just flew on our national carrier, and instead of the ubiquitous “chicken or beef,’ today I am proud to say that on SAA Flight SA326, I was offered “Chicken or Veg.” Yup. I still can’t believe it. Maybe they’ve actually been listening. Look as I keep saying, it’s not a [...]
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Ingredients for the Potjie: – 2-3 kilograms Lamb Knuckles – 1 onion finely chopped – 3-4 garlic cloves chopped – 2-3 leeks, cut into thin slices – One tin of whole baby peeled tomatoes – Punnet fresh whole baby tomatoes – Dried sweet basil – Dried Oregano – Salt and pepper to taste – 300-500ml [...]
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