Method: Scour your local supermarket or home industry for individual meringue nests. Separately whip 15ml bought lemon curd per person and an equal amount of fresh cream, then fold the two together and spoon into the meringue nests. Serve with a limoncello cocktail. For four people, you’ll need 80ml limoncello and 375ml Prosecco or chilled sparkling wine. Divide the limoncello between four champagne flutes, top up with Prosecco or sparkling wine and serve immediately. COOK’S TIP Limoncello, which originates in southern Italy and Sicily, is a lemon-flavoured liqueur, available at most bottlestores.
Yokitori goes particularly well with warm sake. TO DRINK: Warm sake, of course! If you prefer wine, try Constantia Uitsig Chardonnay Unwooded 2007.
Print Recipe Slow-cooked brisket on roasted garlic mash Serves: 6 Cooking Time: 3 hours Ingredients STOCK 3L water 1 onion 1 whole garlic head, halved 2 carrots 1 lemon, halved 1 packet pickling spice 40g thyme salt and black peppercorns, to taste 2kg pickled brisket MASHED POTATOES 1kg potatoes, peeled and halved 1 garlic bulb
Print Recipe Caribbean coffee Serves: 2 Instructions 1 Combine 30ml (2 tbsp) dark rum and 15ml (1 tbsp) Amaretto in each coffee cup. Fill with hot espresso or good-quality filter coffee. Top with a dollop of whipped fresh cream and a sprinkle of toasted flaked almonds or grated dark chocolate (optional).
If you think that standard chocolate cake needs some jazzing up, it’s time to turn to plum and ginger chocolate cake. These delicious flavours are perfect with rich,…
Print Recipe Papardelle with baby marrow, ricotta and caper sauce Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 20 mins Ingredients 45ml (3 tbsp) butter 60ml (1/3cup) avocado oil 1 onion, finely chopped 1 garlic clove, finely chopped 4 baby marrows, julienned 10 capers, drained salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 500g papardelle 250g fresh ricotta, crumbled
Print Recipe Corn, feta and herb fritters with creamed avocado Serves: 16 – 20 bite-size fritters Cooking Time: 45 minutes Ingredients FRITTERS 500ml (2 cups) corn kernels, cooked 1 whole spring onion, thinly sliced 15ml (1 tbsp) basil, finely chopped 15ml (1 tbsp) dill, chopped 20ml (4 tsp) sweet chilli sauce 1 round of feta,
Being bad never tasted so good. Eschew your diet and sink your teeth into this decadent, lustful, silky smooth chocolate torte with ganache and cherries… Recipe by Toni…
Print Recipe Dark chocolate and strawberry puffs Serves: 15 puffs Cooking Time: 30 mins Ingredients PUFFS 30ml (2 tbsp) butter 45ml (3 tbsp) water 100ml milk 100g cake flour 4 large eggs FILLING 200g dark chocolate, melted 200g strawberries, finely chopped Instructions 1 Preheat the oven to 180°C. 2 For the puffs, heat the butter,
Dan’s Prawn & Oyster Bar serves delicious peri-peri prawns at Market on Main, Maboneng Precinct, Joburg. He shared the peri-peri sauce recipe with F&HE
In Gone with the Wind (1939), the barbecue scene at Twelve Oaks inspired recipes for spareribs, glazed hams, fried chicken, stews and sauces.
Print Recipe Tomato, coriander and chickpea spaghetti Instructions 1 Cook 400g spaghetti in salted, rapidly boiling water until al dente. Strain and set aside. Heat 30ml (2 tbsp) avocado oil in a heavy-based pan and sauté 1 finely chopped onion for about 3 minutes. Crush 1 garlic clove and stir through. Add 5ml (1 tsp)