Chicken, potatoes and gravy are quintessential components of a traditional family meal, but they’re in need of an update. Stuffed whole-roasted chicken with baby potatoes and gravy might look too elegant to be easy, but this delicious dish really isn’t too difficult. Give family dinner a flavourful new favourite.
Although mostly used as a starchy side for supper, polenta is revamped to give this fruity cake a wonderful texture. You can’t go wrong with the delightful combination of zetsy…
Sweet and nutty, this tea cake with glazed fruit is elegant and tasty. The lightness of the cake makes it a perfect accompaniment to a steaming cup of tea. Serve to friends or at a high tea function.
My mom’s recipe for pears in red wine was the one most of us grew up with… a winter wine sauce smelling of cinnamon and cloves. Recently I…
It’s almost guaranteed that you’ve never tasted something like grape and fennel seed tart before. These delicious flavours are highly unusual, but work beautifully together. Recipe by Marlene van der Westhuizen Photograph by Bruce Tuck
An American classic with updated flavours. Summer meatloaf with roasted peppers is a robust and filling main dish. Perfect for adults and the kids!
Chefs Garth Stroebel (right) and Paul Hartmann (left) give us a taste of life in the kitchen at the South African Chefs Academy in Cape Town. RICHARD HOLMES A blur of white rushes past as I step into the airy rooftop lobby of the South African Chefs Academy in Cape Town. Aprons and knife rolls clatter by as a steady stream of instructions echoes out from the academy’s gorgeous training kitchen that’s all gleaming steel and Table Mountain views.Perhaps like zebra avoiding danger in their dazzle, the young chefs training under two of South Africa’s culinary greats seem to travel…
Simple tips with phyllo pastry… by Anna Montali Phyllo pastry Phyllo pastry is tissue-thin sheets of dough used predominantly in Greek and Middle Eastern pastries and pies. It…
The crunchiness of the meringue is delicious against the cool and smooth ice cream, and mango is the perfect fruity twist to this dish. Mango custard ice cream in meringue nests are perfect desserts for a summer picnic. Enjoy them outside with sweetness and sunshine.
Masala roasted lamb loin with kataifi pastry and lamb jus is elegant, rich and full of robust flavours. This divine dish is the creation of chefs Garth Stroebel…