Perfect produce plus a dash of passion equals success. Just ask Giorgio Nava… By Richard Holmes Visit www.95keerom.com, www.carne-sa.com, www.mozzarellabar.co.za and www.caffemilanonaples.com I’m convinced of it. Giorgio Nava must be the hardest-working chef in the business. With four eateries, a cheese factory and two farms to keep an eye on, you’d expect him to spend most of his days behind a desk, crunching numbers before running off to meetings with the bean counters. Instead, it’s a rare day when the 48-year-old isn’t on the floor – or in the kitchen – of his four Cape Town restaurants. Most mornings see…
Pizza has to be one of the ultimate comfort foods: flatbreads with a host of delicious toppings and a crust that can be as thick or thin as…
This orange and almond cake with mascarpone gets its crumbly texture from ground almonds and is drenched in succulent citrus sauce. A lesser-known but delightful Italian favourite. ALSO TRY: Tiramisu If you loved this orange and almond cake with mascarpone, then you will definitely enjoy these recipes (take our word for it): Bigné (Italian profiteroles) Peppermint Crisp fridge tart (one of your all-time favourites) Nougat ice cream cake (another hit on the ice-cream cake latest hits) Mini chocolate sponges with coffee meringue icing (because you can never go wrong with chocolate and coffee)
Sugared and deep-fried to perfection, zeppole are deliciously light Italian pastries. They’re often filled with everything from cream to a butter and honey mix, but we’ve kept ours…
Beef carpaccio with preserved lemon dressing is a dish of timeless elegance. This surefire crowd-pleaser is very easy and will make the perfect addition to a dinner party…
This rice pudding with rose petal jam is very rich, intense and decadent and definitely not for the faint-hearted. Throw away all your cholesterol worries and just eat it! A very traditional Indian dessert, this makes a good hot dessert for a winter’s day. Rose petal jam gives you that lovely feeling of eating Turkish delight. Truly a pudding of Eastern promise…
Print Recipe Speculoos biscuits Ingredients 65g butter, at room temperature 65g brown sugar 20ml (1 tbsp + 1 tsp) castor sugar 1 large egg yolk 8ml (1½ tsp) ground cinnamon pinch of salt 60ml (¼ cup) milk infused with one cinnamon stick 125g (¼ cup) cake flour 2ml (½ tsp) bicarbonate of soda Instructions 1
& Beyond Phinda Mountain Lodge is still a firm favourite on the gourmet map BEST KEPT SECRET? It’s an old favourite, launched when luxury game lodges in the bush were still a novelty. Phinda has always been the ultimate bush experience, and the private game reserve now has three accommodation options on offer – forest lodge, mountain lodge and rock lodge (which has recently been refurbished). Mountain Lodge is one of the bigger camps, with 25 suites, while the others are smaller and more intimate. Attention to detail and exceptional service are still major drawcards – from the Amarula hot…
Bill Granger, Gino D’Acampo, Heston Blumenthal and more…By Andrea Pafitis-Hill and Ingrid CassonSUGAR, SUGAR (Simon and Schuster, R310) Take two sassy American “sugar mommas” with wild imaginations and…