TO DRINK: New to the market, Zondernaam Chardonnay challenges and tames the mint and bacon.
TO DRINK: Waterford Estate Sauvignon Blanc’s natural acidity will neutralise the richness of the pork belly.
COOK’S TIP Fill sterilised glass jars with any remaining pickle and store in the fridge for up to one week.
Print Recipe Baby octopus salad with new potatoes (Insalata di polpo e patate novella) Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 1 hour plus extra for chilling Ingredients 1 large chilli, cut in half lengthways 2 handfuls fresh flat-leaf parsley 4 garlic cloves, peeled 75ml olive oil 1 packet baby octopus, cleaned 8 small new potatoes, scrubbed 1
Print Recipe Thai broth seved with spicy crusted pork fillet Serves: 4 – 6 Ingredients 40 mins excluding making of stock 330g pork fillet 20ml peanut oil 15ml five-spice powder 5ml salt BROTH 2 litres good-quality chicken stock 1 red chilli, seeded and sliced 20ml fresh ginger, sliced 10ml fish sauce 3 bunches bok choy
Print Recipe Chocolate blondie slices Serves: 1 cake Cooking Time: 1 hour Ingredients 80g butter 150g white chocolate 170g castor sugar 2 eggs 120g cake flour 60g self-raising flour 100g macadamias, toasted and chopped 150g raspberries Instructions 1 Preheat the oven to 150°C. 2 Melt the butter and chocolate and leave to cool a little.
These also work well as canapés – just make them smaller.
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Make sure that you choose pears that are ripe but firm. Chocolate and almond filled pears with mascarpone custard are an absolutely divine combination of flavours. Pears are a naturally delicate fruit, perfect with some richer, creamier flavours.