Print Recipe Poussins with porcini and couscous stuffing Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 1 hour Ingredients salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 4 poussins (baby chickens), rinsed and dried 1 lime STUFFING 25g dried porcini mushrooms 125ml (½ cup) couscous 45ml (3 tbsp) olive oil 125ml (½ cup) almonds, chopped 60ml (¼ cup) sultanas
Granadilla and lemon tart with lime-scented shortcrust pastry is a unique citrus pastry. Zestier than traditional lemon tart and with a specially flavoured pastry, it’s definitely worth a try. Great as an after-dinner sweet treat or an afternoon tea feature.
Print Recipe Pickled cucumber and runner beans Ingredients 1 cucumber, peeled 100g runner beans, very thinly sliced PICKLE 45ml (3 tbsp) white wine vinegar 45ml (3 tbsp) castor sugar 1 small red onion, very finely diced a pinch of salt and white pepper 15ml (1 tbsp) chives, thinly sliced Instructions 1 Peel ribbons of cucumber
Print Recipe Spanish Calamari Ingredients CHILLI BUTTER 50g butter, softened 2 red chillies, seeded and finely chopped 8 sprigs fresh coriander, chopped 20g red onion, finely chopped 10g garlic paste PINEAPPLE AND PRUNE SALSA ½ fresh pineapple, cubed 5 sprigs fresh coriander, finely chopped 5 prunes, seeded and chopped 5ml (1 tsp) black sesame seeds
Squeeze the seeds from a couple of sour figs and for every tablespoon of seeds, mix it with a tablespoon of very finely diced red onion. Add a sprinkling of black pepper. Put a teaspoon of this on every oyster.
Beef tamales are a staple throughout Mexico and Central America. A corn maize meal known as masa harina is made into a paste, often incorporating slow-braised beef or pork. The paste is traditionally placed in corn husks and steamed. A bit of effort goes into these tamales but it’s worth it. As masa harina is hard to track down, for a close substitute we suggest grinding corn tortillas into a fine powder.
This is an easy way of preparing fennel and the gratinéed fennel baked in double-thick cream end product is rich and creamy – pure winter indulgence!
Having a passion for meat, we can elaborate on a few different cuts, but for now I have to say it’s lamb shank. If prepared in the right way it literally falls off the bone. Below is a recipe by our in-house Country Meat chef: For more info on Country Meat Wholesale Family Butcher & Deli, go to www.countrymeat.co.za
These organic rhubarb tarts and vanilla pod ice cream with honeycomb crumble is the perfect, refreshing summer dessert!