Baked apples, shortcrust pastry, mince pies and roast potatoes… By Anna MontaliHow to make Grandma’s baked apples Preheat the oven to 200°C. Cut the apples in half and scoop out a little of the apple flesh to make a small indentation in the centre. Mix together the scooped-out apple, some nuts, brown sugar, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, ground cloves and enough butter to form a paste. Spoon this mixture into the centre of each apple half. Squash the halves together again and secure with kitchen string. Place on a baking tray and brush with a little pomegranate molasses, if desired.…
Green tea ice cream contains a well-known nutritional giant, so it must be healthy. This dish is simply delightful. Green tea gives the dreamy ice cream an refreshing…
TO DRINK: A Gewurztraminer, dry or off-dry and preferably more than three years old, will bring this dish to life.
TO DRINK: Champagne (or sparkling wine), of course! COOK’S TIP Be careful when working with hot sugar as sugar burns are extremely painful.
Blanch, peel, seed and quarter 6 plump ripe tomatoes. Heat 800ml olive oil in a pot and add the tomatoes, 3 sliced garlic cloves, 2 seeded and sliced red chillies, 4 sprigs fresh thyme, 2 bay leaves and freshly ground black pepper. Reduce the heat and simmer gently for about 10 minutes. Transfer to sterilised glass jars and season with Maldon salt. Pour in enough oil to cover and refrigerate for up to 2 weeks. Spread on bruschetta, use as a pasta sauce or toss through salads.
Print Recipe Chai-spiced milk and honey jellies Serves: 6 Cooking Time: 35 mins plus extra for setting Ingredients 800ml milk 10 black peppercorns 2 cinnamon sticks, broken 6 cardamom pods, crushed 1 star anise 1ml salt 60ml (¼ cup) honey 6 gelatine leaves, soaked in 60ml (¼ cup) cold water Instructions 1 Heat the milk
Print Recipe Rooibos, naartjie and Campari jellies Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 15 mins + extra for setting Ingredients 3 rooibos teabags 425ml boiling water zest of 1 orange zest of 1 lemon 1 packet naartjie or orange jelly mix 60ml (¼ cup) Campari orange zest, to serve Instructions 1 Steep the rooibos teabags in 125ml