Onion soups have always been popular, but French onion soup is the true pièce de résistance as far as liquid starters go. You can’t fail with this easy and delicious appetiser. Recipe by Leila Saffarian Photograph by Roelene Prinsloo
Print Recipe Asparagus, mushroom and mascarpone mini tartlets Serves: 12 Cooking Time: 1 hr 10 mins Ingredients 1 x 400g puff pastry 12 asparagus stalks, reserving the tips 250g baby button mushrooms 250g mascarpone 4 large eggs salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 100g feta cheese, crumbled + extra for serving Instructions 1
Print Recipe Vegetable tart Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 1 hour 45 mins Ingredients QUICK SHORTCRUST PASTRY 120g (1 cup) cake flour pinch of salt 60g butter, cubed 45ml (3 tbsp) cold water FILLING 30ml (2 tbsp) butter 60ml (¼ cup) olive/avocado oil 2 garlic cloves, chopped 250g leeks, roughly chopped 250g baby marrows, sliced diagonally
Print Recipe Chilli pineapple chicken pops Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 1 hr 10 mins Ingredients CHILLI PINEAPPLE ½ red pepper, roughly chopped 2 red chillies, seeded and chopped 1 x 120g tin pineapple, drained and juice reserved 3 star anise 15ml (1 tbsp) tamarind paste 15ml (1 tbsp) sugar 5ml (1 tsp) vinegar CHICKEN BATTER
Print Recipe Summer pudding with white chocolate rum sauce Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 20 mins Ingredients CHOCOLATE SAUCE 125ml (½ cup) milk 200g good-quality white chocolate, chopped 80ml (1/3 cup) rum 500ml (2 cups) fresh raspberries 250ml (1 cup) mulberries 100g castor sugar 60ml (¼ cup) water 2 stale croissants, halved and toasted Instructions 1
TO DRINK: Swartland Chenin Blanc is crisp and lively but full of ripe fruit – and excellent value for everyday drinking.
Use your imagination and fill your croissants with exciting and delicious ingredients. These fillings are also great for sandwiches. Ingredients: • Brie, sliced turkey, onion marmalade and fresh…
If you want to serve this dish for a party, you could use each radicchio leaf to hold the pear and cheese. Drizzle a little mayonnaise into each leaf, put a slice of pear on top, followed by a slice of cheese, and let everyone help themselves.
Horseradish and ice cream might seem an unlikely pair, but you’ll be amazed at the flavour. TO DRINK: A wooded sauvignon blanc such as Chamonix, Cape Point Vineyards…
TO DRINK: Allesverloren Touriga Nacional, a rustic, spicy Mediterranean grape to match the strong flavours.