These Yang Rou Chuan (spicy lamb kebabs) offered welcome relief from the dried seahorses and snakeskins on skewers at the tourist markets in Beijing.
Don’t be intimidated. This man-size T-bone with Jodi-Ann Pearton’s chimichurri is so delicious that you’ll finish it with no problem. Recipe by Steve Maresch
Print Recipe Whole-wheat couscous and tomato salad Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 35 mins Ingredients 120g whole-wheat couscous 1 shallot, finely chopped 3 tomatoes, seeded and cubed 100ml fresh mint, chopped 100ml fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped zest of 2 lemons 100ml olive oil salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste cos lettuce, to serve Instructions
To drink: Paul Cluver Gewurztraminer, Zevenwacht Gewurztraminer, or De Wetshof Rhine Riesling.
Print Recipe Pistachio cakes Serves: 36 Cooking Time: 40 mins Ingredients 125g unsalted butter, softened 165g (¾ cup) castor sugar 5ml (1 tsp) vanilla extract 2 large eggs 185g (1¼ cups) plain flour, sifted 5ml (1 tsp) baking powder 40g (¼ cup) chopped pistachio nuts 125ml (½ cup) milk 2 x 500g packets ready-to-roll white
Print Recipe Baklava vanilla cheesecake with honey and nuts Serves: 8 Cooking Time: 1 hour 15 mins Ingredients PASTRY 8 sheets phyllo pastry 45ml (3 tbsp) butter, melted 50g castor sugar 80g pecan nuts, crushed 20ml (4 tsp) ground cinnamon FILLING 100g castor sugar 45ml (3 tbsp) cornflour 900g cream cheese, at room temperature 2
You can use any fruit you like: apples, figs, apricots, pears… and the fruit can be either fresh or preserved. Here I’ve used a peach puree for the…
Paella can be a simple or very elaborate dish. This recipe is a little more elaborate, but the pricier ingredients can be omitted or substituted to your taste. TO DRINK: Bouchard Finlayson Blanc de Mer works really well with seafood dishes, as the name suggests. It’s complex, smooth and has a long finish. RUDI’S TIPS • Use the best saffron threads available and not saffron powder. • Instead of chicken thighs, you can also use drumsticks. • Paella is traditionally made with shortgrain rice which absorbs the liquid but stays firm. Use Spanish bomba rice if you can get it,…
This loaf is the ultimate picnic side dish. The bread contains all the lovely deli ingredients you would normally have to lug around in heavy jars and containers.…