Print Recipe Frosted vanilla cupcakes Serves: 12 Cooking Time: 30 mins Ingredients 180g (1½ cups) cake flour 150g (¾ cup) sugar 10ml (2 tsp) baking powder 2,5ml (½ tsp) salt 125ml (½ cup) milk 125ml (½ cup) oil 2 large eggs 5ml (1 tsp) vanilla extract ICING 130g (1 cup) icing sugar 30ml (2 tbsp)
Print Recipe Spiced chocolate and almond macaroons Serves: 15 Cooking Time: 50 mins Ingredients 2 extra-large egg whites (together these must weigh 60g) 50ml castor sugar 110g icing sugar 50g ground almonds 20ml (4 tsp) cocoa powder, sifted 2,5ml (½ tsp) Chinese five-spice powder FILLING 125ml (½ cup) fresh cream 200g white chocolate, finely chopped
I can’t remember where I actually found this recipe, but I tasted something similar while travelling in Europe. The chocolate is dark and decadently good.
Print Recipe Chinese-style duck strips and pancakes Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 45 minutes Ingredients 2 x 200g duck breasts peanut or avocado oil 10ml (2 tsp) Chinese five-spice powder PANCAKES 375ml (1½ cups) flour 250ml (1 cup) boiling water sesame oil TO SERVE ½ cucumber, sliced into matchsticks 2 spring onions, sliced into matchsticks Chinese
TO DRINK: Raka Biography Shiraz 2006, with ripe black berry flavours and spicy undertones which make for a fantastic food and wine experience.
Fresh pasta with sage butter is such a simple dish, but the sage is so pungent that it is always a hit. It needs lashings of freshly ground…
These mini treats are perfect when entertaining a number of guests. Watch out though – they’re tiny so it’s easy to have more than your fair share!
