Beef and mushroom pie is ideal for a robust family dinner dish. The beef is wonderfully tender and slathered in delicious gravy, perfect with the earthy mushrooms. Golden, flaky pastry is the perfect harmonsier. Recipe by Thulisa Martins
Print Recipe Chicken stock Serves: Makes about 1,5L of stock. Instructions 1 Put 1kg of chicken bones in a large pot. Chop 1 small carrot, 1 leek, 1 onion and 1 celery stick together with a few peppercorns and one bay leaf, and add to the pot. Add about 3 litres of cold water and
Cook’s tips: If you do not have cheesecloth, a coffee filter or empty teabags can be used. If the cinnamon sticks are too hard to break by hand,…
Pear tart aux fine is a variation on the traditional apple version, and equally as delicious. This tart is open-faced, so it’s even more appealing when the fruit slices are arranged artistically, but it will taste just as delicious without worrying about aesthetics. Fruity, golden and delicious! Recipe by Robyn Capendale
You don’t know true meaty elegance until you’ve tasted Beef Bourguinon a la Hassan. It might take a bit of time, but every minute is worth it. This dish…
Print Recipe Grilled brown mushrooms with Parmesan, spinach and pine nuts By Food And Home Entertaining – Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 20 mins Ingredients 4 large brown mushrooms 500ml (2 cups) baby spinach, finely chopped 250ml (1 cup) Parmesan, freshly grated 60g (½ cup) dry breadcrumbs 125ml (½ cup) pine nuts juice and zest of
Print Recipe Feta and aubergine meatballs Serves: 36 Cooking Time: 30 mins Ingredients 400g aubergines, finely chopped 30ml (2 tbsp) olive oil, plus extra for serving 500g beef mince 80ml fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped 80ml fresh mint leaves, chopped 2 garlic cloves, crushed 15ml (1 tbsp) lemon rind, finely grated 200g feta, crumbled sea salt
Print Recipe Three-cheese Mediterranean chicken in phyllo on tomato compote Serves: 8 Cooking Time: 1 hour Ingredients 2 garlic cloves, crushed 60g feta 60g mozzarella 60g Parmesan, grated 60ml olive oil 3 sheets phyllo pastry, cut into 25cm squares 1kg chicken breasts, cubed 30ml olive oil 100g ready-made pesto fresh thyme or rosemary, to garnish
Print Recipe Chocolate panforte di siena Serves: 2 Cooking Time: 30 mins Ingredients 100g butter 330g honey 350g good-quality dark chocolate, chopped 175g cake flour 5g mixed spice 50g cocoa powder 250g dried apricots, chopped 200g dried figs, chopped 300g flaked almonds 100g pistachio nuts 100g icing sugar, for dusting Instructions 1 Preheat the oven
Fresh and light as a main meal, this also makes a great starter.