Green beans and asparagus served with a creamy anchovy dressing is a delicious side dish. The freshness of the vegetables is lovely with the richer, salty dressing. A lovely light dish. Woolworths-inspired meal
Print Recipe Aubergine, tomato and feta terrine topped with fresh basil Serves: 6 Cooking Time: 1 hr + 30 mins Ingredients 8 tomatoes, halved 15ml (1 tbsp) sugar pinch of salt 60ml (¼ cup) garlic butter olive/avocado oil 3 large aubergines, thinly sliced lengthways 200g feta 125ml (½ cup) red pepper pesto a handful of
Print Recipe Wonton filled with line fish tatane Serves: 4 - 6 Cooking Time: 50 mins Ingredients 1 small cucumber, seeded and sliced salt, to taste 1 small red onion, finely chopped zest and juice of 1 lime 1 green chilli, seeded and finely chopped 8 capers, finely chopped 45ml (3 tbsp) fresh dill, finely
Print Recipe Mixed berry and sour cream no-bake cheesecake Serves: Makes 1 cake Cooking Time: 1 hr + extra for setting Ingredients Base 200g (2 cups) shortbread biscuits 80ml butter, soft Filling 230g (1 cup) cream cheese 150g castor sugar 30ml (2 tbsp) lemon juice 250ml (1 cup) sour cream 20ml (4 tsp) powder gelatine
The wonderful thing about mixed berry sauce, apart from its deliciously tangy flavours, is that you can use it on anything. Spread it on bread, spoon over porridge, or heap liberally over ice cream. Delicious!
It’s right there in the name. This ultimate death by chocolate mousse cake is the only decadent chocolate confection you will ever need again. It’s perfect for entertaining…
A refreshing sorbet to cool you down on long summer days. Mixed berry, vanilla and lemon sorbet is the perfect combination of sweet and tangy.
While new foodie fashions are always favoured, there’s much to recommend the restaurants and chefs that have been around for decades. Young can be yummy, but it’s not the only food show in town. And the obsession with youth is blinding us to epicurean icons and their long serving restaurants at the other end of the alimentary age spectrum. The bitter truth is that while we weren’t watching, many of South Africa’s iconic gastronomic gems have quietly closed. And with them have gone so many of our most precious munchable memories. It is impossible to calculate how many engagement rings…
TO DRINK: Graham Beck Brut NV. The MCC’s bottle-aged characteristics of yeastiness and fresh bread and biscuits match well with homebaked breads.spring onions, halved.