• Miso soup is a traditional Japanese dish, made with a stock called dashi, is delicious, nutritious and surprisingly easy to make if you have the authentic ingredients. Miso…

    Steak and mushrooms are great friends and work just as well in a pie as they do when fried or grilled. You can use pretty much any mushroom in this dish, but I love using darker varieties like field or portobello mushrooms – they give the gravy a really rich, dark colour. The cheese is a bit of an unusual twist, but it adds a richness and good texture to the filling. Brilliant! Cook’s tips: • Find selected wild or field mushrooms at Thrupps and Woolworths, or online at www.edulis.com or call 011-483-3916. • Substitute with dried wild or field…

    Salsa verde is a cold Italian sauce used as a condiment or dipping sauce. It adds zest to boiled meat and potatoes and is particularly good with fish.Soak 100ml breadcrumbs in 30ml milk for about 10 minutes. Finely chop 1 hard-boiled egg, 1 anchovy and 2 capers. Add 100ml finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, 1 finely chopped garlic clove and the breadcrumb mixture. Mix well with a fork. Slowly blend in 150ml olive oil until the sauce is smooth and thick. Season to taste. Refrigerate before serving.

    Asked to take time out from fine dining David Higgs invited some mates for brunch on his day off. Although the mood was jovial, David’s exacting standards and…

    Judy Sendzul and Greg Stubbs are co-owners of The Salmon Bar, a chic new restaurant in Franschhoek featuring fresh trout produced on Greg’s farm and superb imported salmon.…