This recipe was created by Duncan Doherty from Cotage Fromage at Vrede en Lust wine farm. TO DRINK: Monis Medium Cream Sherry, with rich creaminess to complement the nuttiness of the tart and enhance the sweet berry flavours.
If decadence was baked into a cake, the result would be coffee, dark chocolate and hazelnut meringue layer cake. Each gorgeous, decadent slice will have you wanting more…
Makes: about 1kg Difficulty level: Easy Time: 40 mins Ingredients: 1kg fresh beetroot, peeled and diced 2 onions, chopped 2 apples, cored, peeled and grated 10ml (2 tsp)…
Print Recipe Poached pears in pomegranate juice with a creamy blue cheese and walnut dressing Serves: 4 – 6 Cooking Time: 15 mins plus extra for steeping Ingredients 4 firm pears, peeled, cored and halved 1 litre pomegranate juice 50ml red wine 60ml (¼ cup) castor sugar 1 vanilla pod, seeds scraped 1 cinnamon stick
TO DRINK: Haute Cabrière Pinot Noir is a lovely easy drinking wine with soft tannins and well-integrated acidity.
TO DRINK: Paul Cluver Weisser Riesling Noble Late Harvest, elgantly sweet with a tart, apple crunch.
Recipe by Illanique van Aswegen