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BEST Chicken nachos for the whole family
(Serves 4) METHOD: Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium heat and cook the chicken strips until done and golden brown. Season with salt and pepper, and remove from the pan. Add the onion and garlic to the same pan and cook until soft and starting to…
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Tuna, goat’s milk cheese and olive empanadas
(Makes 24 empanadas) Pastry Mix the flour, salt, and butter together in a food processor and pulse to rub the butter into the dry ingredients. Add the water a little at a time while pulsing – just until the pastry comes together. Cover in clingfilm and refrigerate for 30 minutes while you make the filling….
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Lemon Meringue Cupcakes
(Makes 24 cupcakes) CUPCAKE METHOD Preheat the oven to 170 °C. Line cupcake pans with 24 cupcake paper cups or grease cupcake pans very well if you don’t want to use the paper cups. Sift the cake flour, baking powder, salt and 200 ml (160 g) of the sugar together in a mixing bowl. In…
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Macarons
(Makes 50 macarons) Colouring and flavouring to taste (use lemon essence, vanilla seeds, coconut essence etc.) METHOD Preheat the oven to 150°C. Sift together the ground almonds and the icing sugar and add the first lot of egg whites (110g). Mix to form a firm paste. Dissolve the castor sugar in the water and boil…
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Slow-roasted lamb pie
Slow-roasted lamb pie (Makes 1 large pie – serves 8) This pie is a little pricy to make, but well worth the time and effort. It has a Moroccan flavour and is an excellent entertaining dish. Note: You need to start cooking the lamb the day before. 25 ml olive…
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Salted caramel apple pies
These individual salted caramel apple pies are perfect for snacking and lunchboxes. The buttery pastry encases a delicious filling of Granny Smith apples, caramel sweets, and a hint of cinnamon, all topped with a sprinkle of Maldon sea salt flakes for a delightful balance of sweet and salty flavors.
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Peanut Butter Chilli Fudge
(Makes 24 squares or bars) FUDGE METHOD Grease and line a square 25 cm baking pan very well. Heat the sugar, butter, golden syrup and milk in a saucepan on medium heat and stir to dissolve the sugar. The mixture must not boil at this stage. When all the sugar has dissolved, bring the mixture…
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Mosbolletjies
(Makes 3 large loaves or 5 smaller ones) METHOD: Cream the butter and sugar together in a large bowl. Add the condensed milk. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. In a separate very large bowl, sift the cake flour, salt and yeast together. Mix in the aniseeds. Add lukewarm…
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Fabulous flop proof meringues
(Makes about 32 medium-sized meringues) METHOD Preheat the oven to 100 °C. Line a baking sheet with a double layer of well-greased baking paper. Whisk the egg whites until stiff, but not dry. Add the castor sugar gradually while beating, making sure it’s incorporated completely. Whisk until very stiff and shiny. Add the cream of…
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Smoked snoek and olive frittata
This is an easy and efficient way to serve eggs to a larger group, especially now during the festive season when you have visitors or when the whole family is home and eating breakfast together.
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Fish tacos with raddish “kimchi”
This is an easy and efficient way to serve eggs to a larger group, especially now during the festive season when you have visitors or when the whole family is home and eating breakfast together.
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Raspberry and almond tartlets
These delicious tartlets will have everybody coming back for more! They look quite ordinary but the flavours are amazing and it gets better after a few days! I use the best quality raspberry jam that I can afford – over the Christmas period I substitute the raspberry jam with fruit mince to make amazing fruit mince pies. You can substitute the raspberry jam with pear slices and a block of dark chocolate as filling or baby apples with stems sticking
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Pasteis de nata
This is a very good recipe for Pasteis de nata’s and one that very few are prepared to part with! It is the real thing!
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GOULASH SOUP
This is my favourite meaty winter soup! If this one does not warm you up – nothing will!!!
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BILTONG AND MUSHROOM SOUP
This is a very popular soup and it takes less than 30 minutes to prepare. Make sure you use finely sliced biltong OR shaved biltong. You can also use some biltong powder (available at some supermarkets) but not more than 50% (Thus: 70 g biltong powder and 70 g finely shaved/sliced biltong)
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APPLE AND PEAR PECAN NUT CRUMBLE
This apple pie makes an excellent dessert. Serve warm or cold with ice cream, crème fraiche or whipped cinnamon-flavoured cream. This is even better the next and will only take you about 15 minutes to prepare – it is one of my favourite, trusted recipes. You can substitute the pecan nuts with almonds, walnuts or even macadamia nuts and use only apples or pears instead of both. Use pears that are ripe but still very firm
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BAKED CITRUS AND YOGHURT PUDDING WITH ORANGE AND CARDAMOM SYRUP
This is a quick and easy dessert – packed with delicious citrus flavours. Make it for special occasions or as a family supper treat
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SIRLOIN AND MUSHROOM RAMEN
Ramen is a Japanese dish consisting of noodles (egg noodles, soba noodles or udon noodles) served in a meat or fish broth flavoured with soya sauce or miso. It can be topped with beef, pork, chicken, dried seaweed, vegetables and spring onions and is normally served with soft-boiled egg. This recipe is my take on ramen. Quick, easy, uncomplicated and made with ingredients that are easy to find. OH – and it looks very impressive!
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CHOCOLATE POTS
Want to spoil your friends or family? This easy and quick, decadent dessert will do the trick. You can whip it up in less than 15 minutes. It will last in the fridge for at least two days
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PECAN, ALMOND AND COCONUT RUSKS
This is my latest/another version of my favourite muesli rusk recipe! The nuts make it expensive but SO delicious! These rusks are almost like breakfast bars – eat two of them with your morning coffee and you are off to a good start for the day!
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