To drink: South African Pink Cap Classique – from Graham Beck, Pongracz, Simonsig or Villiera – with floral notes and acidity to leave the mouth fresh for the next course.
Print Recipe Fruity sparkling spritzer Serves: 2 Instructions 1 Half-fill 2 glasses with ice. Fill each glass up to a third with fruits and juices of your choice (we used pomegranate, pink grapefruit, lime and mint). Top with dry or sweet chilled sparkling wine and serve.
You can use any flavour of yoghurt. Smooth yoghurt works better as those containing fruit pieces become too icy.
What barbecue would be complete without sweet and spicy spare ribs? These sticky, tender cuts are bursting with flavour and always a hit.
TO DRINK: Nederburg Eminence or the less rich Zevenwacht Gewurztraminer.
Cook’s tip: You can also use plain icing and decorate with jelly tots, smarties, crushed candy canes, chocolate chips, hundreds and thousands, etc. Decorating biscuits is a great…
To drink: Pinotage has a natural affinity for biltong. Try Beyerskloof, Kanonkop, Kaapzicht or L’Avenir. A shiraz blend such as La Motte, Fairview, Badenhorst or Rust en Vrede will also work well with this dish.
To drink: A good mature cabernet sauvignon, such as Le Riche, Neil Ellis Camberley, Edgbaston, Nederburg Manor House or Zonnebloem.
Print Recipe Almond ciabatta French toast Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 20 mins Ingredients 3 large eggs 2,5ml (½ tsp) salt 45ml (3 tbsp) sugar 5ml (1 tsp) vanilla extract 2,5ml (½ tsp) almond essence 250ml (1 cup) milk 125ml (½ cup) fresh cream 8 thick slices of ciabatta loaf 15ml (1 tbsp) butter 100g (1