Alcohol and baking, what are the best kinds to use and how to pair flavours… Your breakdown on the best booze in the biz and how to use it effectively in baking Most people enjoy some form of dessert. Whether you’re a chocolate, fruit, meringue, bread or cake person, or even a cheeseboard person, experimenting with alcohol flavours can take your desserts to a completely different level. Other than flavour, alcohol can change the texture of your dessert too. Depending on what flavour and strength you’re going for, you can add alcohol to your dessert before baking, thus resulting…

Spicy Chunky Guacamole Recipe South Africans like their guacamole chunky … and, no, we don’t mean salad or salsa or sauce – we mean glorious green chunky guacamole. The key is a perfectly ripe, silky-smooth avocados, cut into bite-sized green cubes and simply seasoned with a little sea salt, freshly ground black pepper and a spritz of fresh lemon or lime juice. To that pristine perfection, add fresh herbs, grated garlic, crushed chilli flakes, leftover corn, diced pickles like gherkins or piquanté peppers, beans, chickpeas or peanuts. Even finely chopped fruit such as fresh pineapple and chargrilled nectarines add a…