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    Tarts, pies and pastries

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    Print Recipe Braided pear, chocolate and nut tart Serves: 6 Cooking Time: 50 mins Ingredients 100ml water 400g castor sugar 2 firm ripe pears, peeled and quartered 4 large eggs 100g white chocolate, roughly chopped 80g macadamia nuts, roughly chopped 20g pistachio nuts, roughly chopped 75g cocoa powder, sifted 140g cake flour 140g salted butter,
    Print Recipe Lamb shank and quince pies Serves: 6 Cooking Time: 2 hrs Ingredients 60ml (¼ cup) vegetable oil 6 lamb shanks 1 onion, peeled and chopped 1 cinnamon quill 2 celery stalks, chopped 1 garlic clove, peeled and minced sprig fresh rosemary 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper 1 tsp fresh ginger, chopped 250ml
    Print Recipe Koeksisters Serves: 36 Cooking Time: 50 mins plus overnight for the syrup Ingredients SYRUP 1,25kg sugar 750ml (3 cups) water DOUGH 560g cake flour 15ml (1 tbsp) baking powder a pinch of salt 30ml (2 tbsp) butter 1 large egg 375ml (1½ cups) milk oil, for deep frying Instructions 1 For the syrup,

    Don’t follow the herd; follow master chef RUDI LIEBENBERG’s simple steps to a robust country classic. Photograph by JAN BOTHA Shepherd’s pie is a traditional British meat pie…