Print Recipe Grilled lamb chops with soft cheesy polenta Serves: 2 Cooking Time: 1 hour 20 mins Ingredients 6 lamb chops, trimmed of any thick pieces of fat 1 small dried red chilli, crushed 3 fresh thyme sprigs, leaves picked zest and juice of 1 lemon extra virgin olive oil 850ml water 125g polenta 15ml
Print Recipe Chocolate chilli pots Serves: 6 Cooking Time: 15 mins plus extra for setting Ingredients 250ml (1 cup) fresh cream 200g chilli chocolate, plus extra to serve 2 large egg yolks 45ml (3 tbsp) good brandy 100g unsalted butter Instructions 1 Heat the cream in a pot until just boiling. Remove from the heat
Print Recipe Kiwi cumber Serves: 1 Ingredients 4 slices kiwi fruit, peeled, plus 1 to garnish 4 slices cucumber, peeled 20ml sugar syrup 20ml freshly squeezed lime juice 50ml vodka 10ml cloudy apple juice 6 ice cubes Instructions 1 In a cocktail shaker or glass jar with a secure lid, combine the kiwi, cucumber, sugar
Print Recipe Chocolate truffle torte Serves: 1 Cooking Time: 40 mins Ingredients BASE 350g biscotti 150g butter, melted 5ml ground allspice FILLING 250ml fresh cream 500g 70% dark chocolate, finely chopped STRAWBERRIES 250g strawberries 30ml castor sugar 25ml vermouth per slice, to serve Instructions 1 To make the base, grind the biscotti to coarse crumbs
Print Recipe Chilli sauce Serves: 500ml Cooking Time: 20 mins Ingredients 200ml olive oil 1 onion, finely chopped 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped 500g red chillies, chopped Instructions 1 Heat 60ml (¼ cup) of the olive oil over a medium heat and sauté the onion and garlic for 5 minutes. Add the chillies and cook
Instead of a sorbet you could substitute with a delicious red pepper and tomato salsa.
With over 400 years of Spanish history, the use of sweet and sour is well entrenched in Sicilian cuisine.
Print Recipe Apple and granadilla iced tea Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 20 mins plus extra for chilling Ingredients 5 apple-flavoured tea bags 1 litre (4 cups) water 60ml (¼ cup) honey ½ stalk of lemon grass, lightly bruised pulp of 1 granadilla 500ml (2 cups) clear apple juice sparkling water or lemonade, to serve 4
Print Recipe Bacon, banana and yoghurt quiche Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 1 hour 15 mins Ingredients 400g ready-rolled shortcrust pastry 200g streaky bacon, lightly fried 1 red onion, thinly sliced 2 bananas, peeled and sliced 4 large eggs 250ml (1 cup) plain yoghurt 15ml (1 tbsp) cake flour 5ml (1 tsp) baking powder 15ml (1
Recipe by Dorah Sitole TO DRINK: Beef needs a bolshy wine. Try a rich cabernet/merlot blend
Print Recipe Vietnamese spring rolls Serves: 8 rolls Instructions 1 What? Vietnamese spring rolls Why? A quick vegetarian snack, these spring rolls are as fitting for a lunch box as a canapé or starter platter. How? Julienne 1 carrot, 1 celery stick, ½ a cucumber and several spring onions. Place one sheet of rice paper
Print Recipe Crispy chilli duck and noodle salad Serves: 2 Ingredients 200g cellophane (bean thread) noodles ½ cup mint leaves ½ cup basil leaves ½ cup coriander (cilantro) leaves 2 tablespoons lime juice 1 teaspoon fish sauce 1 teaspoon sugar finely sliced long red chilli, chilli sauce and lime wedges, to serve CRISPY CHILLI DUCK