TO DRINK: Sophie Te’Blanche Sauvignon Blanc from Iona.
Print Recipe Fortified orange wine Serves: about 2 litres Ingredients 1,5 litres good white wine 250ml (1 cup) eau de vie or vodka 200g (1 cup) castor sugar 1 lemon, sliced 2 oranges, sliced 1 strip dried bitter orange peel ½ a stick of cinnamon (optional) Instructions 1 Sterilise a large jar and pour in
Print Recipe Buttermilk butterfly scones Serves: 12 – 15 Cooking Time: 40 mins Ingredients 450g self-raising flour, sifted + extra for dusting a pinch of salt 30ml (2 tbsp) castor sugar 80g butter, cold, cut into blocks 1 large egg 190ml (¾ cup) buttermilk + 30ml (2 tbsp) extra, for brushing double-thick fresh cream, to
TO DRINK: Buitenverwachting Natural Sweet Muscat de Frontignan 2007, with notes of apricot, orange peel and rose.
Print Recipe Chouriço and calamari salad Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 15 mins Ingredients 100g calamari tubes, sliced or left whole, rinsed and patted dry 15ml (1 tbsp) flour 5ml (1 tsp) paprika salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 50g chouriço, cut into 1cm slices 1 punnet salanova lettuce, rinsed and washed 1 red
Print Recipe Fresh asparagus with roast tomato hollandaise and basil-lemon oil Serves: 6 Cooking Time: 30 mins Ingredients g fresh basil zest and juice of ½ lemon 160ml olive oil salt, pepper and a pinch of sugar, to taste 450g baby tomatoes on the vine 750g fresh asparagus – white or green, peeled 2 whole