Recipes by Jacques Erasmus Photography by Myburgh de Plessis
Every baker needs a basic vanilla sponge cake in their collection. This delicious basic sponge is easy to make and will not disappoint.
Print Recipe Banana caramel crepes Serves: 10 Cooking Time: 10 mins Instructions 1 Buy 5 ready-made crepe pancakes (or make your own). 2 Smear each crepe with ready-made tinned caramel sauce, right to the edges. Peel 5 bananas and roll one up in each caramel crepe. 3 Cut the crepes in half at a diagonal
Spicy lamb neck curry 120g butter 200ml sunflower oil 3 large onions, sliced 55g ginger, grated 4 large cloves garlic, chopped 60g Durban masala (or hot curry powder) 2 tablespoons mustard seeds 2 tablespoons cumin seeds 2 tablespoons turmeric powder 2 tablespoons coriander seeds 2 tablespoons fennel seeds 2 tablespoons cinnamon seeds 2 tablespoons ginger powder 185g tomato paste 1kg tomatoes, chopped 4kg lamb neck pieces 4 litres lamb stock 2 large onions, chopped salt and pepper Heat a heavy-based pot and add butter and oil. Add onions, ginger and garlic and cook the onions until caramelised. Add the spices…
TO DRINK: Klein Constantia Rhine Riesling’s underlying spice is matched by elegant sweetness which tones down the peri-peri. The Showroom Café, corner of The Grand Daddy Hotel, 38…
Print Recipe Waldorf salad Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 15 mins Ingredients BLUE CHEESE DRESSING 60ml (¼ cup) good-quality mayonnaise 10ml (2 tsp) lemon juice 30ml (2 tbsp) water sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 100g soft blue cheese, chopped 4 Granny Smith apples, thinly sliced 1 stalk celery, thinly sliced 100g (1
This is a fantastic recipe: when served cold it is the most intense chocolate mousse in the world; bake it and it will rise and fall almost immediately when taken out of the oven. COOK’S TIPS • Pop a vanilla pod into the prune compote pan at the start. Remove at the end of the cooking and cooling process, rinse, dry and store in a jar with castor sugar or slide open after cooking and remove all the seeds and pop those back into the prune pan, discarding the pod. • The chocolate and butter can be melted in the…