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
Print Recipe Caramelised onion and anchovy tarts Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 1 hour Ingredients 60ml (¼ cup) olive oil 6 large brown onions, sliced 125ml (½ cup) sherry vinegar 100g (½ cup) brown sugar sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 2 x 200g rolls ready-made puff pastry, thawed 65g Kalamata olives, pitted
Print Recipe Grilled lamb chops with soft cheesy polenta Serves: 2 Cooking Time: 1 hour 20 mins Ingredients 6 lamb chops, trimmed of any thick pieces of fat 1 small dried red chilli, crushed 3 fresh thyme sprigs, leaves picked zest and juice of 1 lemon extra virgin olive oil 850ml water 125g polenta 15ml
Print Recipe Chocolate chilli pots Serves: 6 Cooking Time: 15 mins plus extra for setting Ingredients 250ml (1 cup) fresh cream 200g chilli chocolate, plus extra to serve 2 large egg yolks 45ml (3 tbsp) good brandy 100g unsalted butter Instructions 1 Heat the cream in a pot until just boiling. Remove from the heat