If you don’t enjoy the slightly tart taste of apricots, substitute them with nectarines. A true crowd pleaser, this colourful salad is delicious served outdoors, savouring the last of summer. Chargrilled apricots with prosciutto, buffalo mozzarella and basil is the perfect addition to any golden afternoon lunch. Recipe and styling by Claire Ferrandi Assisted by Nomvuselelo Mncube Photograph by Dylan Swart
I always make a double batch of pesto. It’s so good tossed through spelt spaghetti and cherry tomatoes for a quick and healthy midweek supper. Serve these spelt…
Make one of these cheesy Gorgonzola, pear and sage pull-apart bread and pop it in the centre of the table as you enjoy drinks before a meal. Cheesy, flavoured breads are sensational for feeding a crowd – they’re easy, inexpensive and substantial.
High Tea at Jeera sounded fun, so three friends and I donned our party best and headed down to the Durban beachfront. Awaiting us was a table as…
This pea, asparagus and mature Cheddar barley risotto is the perfect addition to your Valentine’s dinner for two. Granadilla, rose and pomegranate sparkling cocktail Pan-fried sirloin with shaved pear, pecan and brown butter Crêpes with pan-fried orange, pear, caramel and granadilla
Brooklyn Bubbles – the hugely successful and highly anticipated MCC and Champagne Festival at Brooklyn Mall – takes place over a two day period this year, on Friday,…
Print Recipe Chirashizushi (scattered sushi) Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 1 hr Ingredients SUSHI RICE 3 cups sushi rice 500ml (2 cups) water 75ml rice vinegar 15ml (1 tbsp) salt 40ml sugar SCATTERING INGREDIENTS 12 slices sashimi-grade tuna and salmon 12 tempura prawns 12 slices cucumber, halved 16 small wedges avocado 4 pinches of julienned radish
Print Recipe Seaweed salad with mushrooms and seared salmon Serves: 2 Cooking Time: 30 mins Ingredients 20g wakame seaweed (available at most Asian supermarkets) 200g salmon dash sunflower oil, to sear 10 baby spinach leaves 50g shiitake mushrooms, some sliced and others left whole 1 spring onion, finely chopped SAUCE A drop wasabi 30ml (2
Print Recipe Tuna sashimi with corn salsa and Peruvian-style green sauce Serves: 6 Cooking Time: 20 mins Ingredients GREEN SAUCE 120g feta cheese handful fresh mint leaves handful fresh coriander 1 fresh jalapeño chilli juice of ½ lemon 250ml (1 cup) corn oil/light vegetable oil 3 corn on the cobs, cooked 2 spring onions, chopped
Print Recipe Pattypan and bulgur-wheat sushi with mango-chilli dip Serves: 15 Cooking Time: 20 mins Ingredients PATTYPAN & BULGUR-WHEAT SUSHI 100g bulgur wheat 3 nori sheets (available at leading- and Asian supermarkets) 1 avocado, peeled, pitted and sliced 150g raw salmon, cut into small chunks 250g pattypans, steamed and sliced 200g smoked salmon, sliced into
Print Recipe Crispy sushi-rice cubes Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 1 hr + 2 hrs, to rest and cool Ingredients 500g sushi rice, rinsed in cold water 3 – 4 times 2 spring onions, thinly sliced 60ml (¼ cup) black sesame seeds, toasted vegetable oil, to deep-fry 80ml soya sauce 80ml water 5ml (1 tsp) mirin/dry