TO DRINK: Sophie Te’Blanche Sauvignon Blanc from Iona.
Print Recipe Fortified orange wine Serves: about 2 litres Ingredients 1,5 litres good white wine 250ml (1 cup) eau de vie or vodka 200g (1 cup) castor sugar 1 lemon, sliced 2 oranges, sliced 1 strip dried bitter orange peel ½ a stick of cinnamon (optional) Instructions 1 Sterilise a large jar and pour in
Print Recipe Cream cheese and almond ice cream Serves: 6 Cooking Time: 20 mins plus freezing time Ingredients 500g smooth, plain cream cheese or cottage cheese 250ml fresh cream 4 eggs, separated 5ml almond extract 200g sugar Instructions 1 Beat the cream cheese and cream. 2 Add the yolks to the cream cheese mixture, together
Print Recipe Buttermilk butterfly scones Serves: 12 – 15 Cooking Time: 40 mins Ingredients 450g self-raising flour, sifted + extra for dusting a pinch of salt 30ml (2 tbsp) castor sugar 80g butter, cold, cut into blocks 1 large egg 190ml (¾ cup) buttermilk + 30ml (2 tbsp) extra, for brushing double-thick fresh cream, to
Print Recipe Pasteis de nata Serves: 12 Cooking Time: 45 – 50 mins Ingredients 1 x 400g roll puff pastry 430ml (1¾ cups) milk 60ml (¼ cup) fresh cream 4 large egg yolks 50g (¼ cup) sugar 30ml (2 tbsp) flour 1 cinnamon stick 4 strips of lemon peel 2,5ml (½ tsp) vanilla extract Instructions
TO DRINK: Buitenverwachting Natural Sweet Muscat de Frontignan 2007, with notes of apricot, orange peel and rose.
Print Recipe Chouriço and calamari salad Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 15 mins Ingredients 100g calamari tubes, sliced or left whole, rinsed and patted dry 15ml (1 tbsp) flour 5ml (1 tsp) paprika salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 50g chouriço, cut into 1cm slices 1 punnet salanova lettuce, rinsed and washed 1 red
This dish is simple to prepare, light on the stomach, and a favourite starter at the lodge.
Mushroom tofu pockets is a heavenly for those with earthy tastes. Mushrooms are like meat to vegetarians. My winning dish combines mushrooms, tofu and sushi rice – what…
Print Recipe Fresh asparagus with roast tomato hollandaise and basil-lemon oil Serves: 6 Cooking Time: 30 mins Ingredients g fresh basil zest and juice of ½ lemon 160ml olive oil salt, pepper and a pinch of sugar, to taste 450g baby tomatoes on the vine 750g fresh asparagus – white or green, peeled 2 whole