Print Recipe Lace pancakes with poached plums and cardamom scented cream Serves: 20 mins Cooking Time: 4-6 Ingredients Poached plums 1L water 3 star anise 2.5 ml salt 60g sugar 12 ripe plums, halved and stone removed Pancakes 500ml (280g) cake flour 10ml baking powder 2ml salt 3 large eggs, whisked 250ml water 250ml Clover
Print Recipe Cranberry-glazed duck breast with green apple salad Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 40 mins Ingredients DUCK 4 duck breasts salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 60ml (¼ cup) cranberry jelly SALAD 4 Granny Smith apples, finely sliced 1 spring onion, finely sliced 500g fresh watercress juice of 1 small lemon olive/avocado oil
Cook’s tip: To get more flavour into the sponge, soak in the cooled syrup. Tap into the trend of using mismatched glassware in which to serve this dessert.
Print Recipe Spun sugar Cooking Time: 25 mins Ingredients 360g glucose 200g white granulated Instructions 1 Place the glucose and sugar in a pot over high heat. Remove from heat when the sugar has melted and reached boiling point. 2 Dip a fork into the pot at a 45-degree angle in an aired kitchen and
Pair with the Howcomely (page 68, December 2014). With an almost shortbread consistency, be prepared for guests to come back for seconds and thirds for these spicy cookies.
Pair with the Cracker Lekker (page 71, December 2014). A classic flavour pairing of coffee and orange.
Print Recipe Honey-coated mixed nuts with cheese By Thulisa Martins – Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 5 mins Ingredients 150g SPAR Mixed Nuts 50g SPAR Honey SPAR Cheddar or cheese or your choice Instructions 1 Heat the honey and nuts in a saucepan over medium heat until the honey fully coats the nuts, 3 minutes. Serve
Nothing detracts more from an amazing view than an almost-grey, dishevelled, umbrella that has seen better days. Luckily, this is no longer an issue thanks to Beachyheads’ beautiful range of umbrellas and inspirational beach accessories. Beachheads was started by Anne Young, a mom of three, who lives in Plett. While enjoying some beach time with her kids, she noticed that there was a real gap in the market for pretty yet practical beach umbrellas – and Beachyheads was born. Anne produces all the designs on quality, organic 250g cotton canvas, which are then made up by local seamstresses in the…
These bite-size snacks are packed full of flavour. The same filling can be used to make fresh cucumber or grilled aubergine roll-ups.
Print Recipe Berry ice cream served with spiced biscotti Serves: 30 biscotti Cooking Time: 2 hours plus extra for freezing Ingredients Biscotti 240g (2 cups) cake flour 210g (1 cup) castor sugar 10ml (2 tsp) baking powder 100g pecan nuts, chopped 100g dried cranberries 100g almonds 100g dried apricots, chopped 100g candied orange peel 10ml
These delicious crumbed chicken and sesame coleslaw pots are easy to transport and anything served in a glass jar just says ‘old school picnic eating’. The perfect vintage…