TO DRINK: Something fresh and crisp like the sea. Two Oceans Pinot Grigio is a great option
The Pissaladiere is such a treat from the south of France: sweet caramelised onions with salty anchovies on a bread-dough base. We’ve added tomatoes as they are just so good…
These are little sweet bites for dessert or a teatime treat. Friands are light almond cakes, popular in New Zealand and Australia. We’ve added in some delicious flavours to make prickly pear and almond friands unique. Recipe was adapted from Totally Simple Food by Jill Dupleix
A decadent dessert made less naughty with some fresh fruit. Pomegranate and prickly pear cream-cheese tartlets are sinfully creamy, but the delicate prickly pears and sharp pomegranates balance out…
Raspberries in many varieties are available throughout the summer. In a long champagne flute, this drink looks as good as it tastes.
An updated version of the classic version, prickly pear and lemon meringue pie is even more deliciously zesty.
Perfect with morning toast, cheese platters or dolloped on scones
These delicious fruits burst with flavour during the summer months but if you can’t find a cantaloupe, any round version will do.
Cafe 1999’s chef has opened a new Durban eatery named Unity and is contemplating even further expansion. TRACY GIELINK Café 1999, Silvervause Centre, corners Silverton and Vause Roads, Berea, Durban. Call 031-202-3406. Marcelle Roberts is all ease and charm, and watching her happily ensconced in her home kitchen is like viewing a well-choreographed routine. With her restaurant Café 1999 going through a peak period as well as being in the final stages of catering for a highprofile wedding in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, pressure seems to feed, rather than fluster, Marcelle. Her Berea home is not far from the restaurant. Originally…