Mix and match the toppings to create your favourite combinations. Cook’s tip: Add the herbs and avocado only once the pizzas have been removed from the oven, otherwise it will burn.
To drink: A white wine with loads of ripeness, such as Cederberg Bukettraube, will be perfect with these particular spices.
This is a very simple dish but get it right and the whole thing is so much greater than the sum of its parts. Try to use uncooked prawns if you can, and the ripest softest tomatoes – when I say soft, I mean soft like a ripe peach. They don’t eat tomatoes any other way in Italy.
TO DRINK: S.A. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling 2003 from Germany or our own Paul Cluver Weisser Riesling are rich enough for the creamy soup, but have enough acidity…
Print Recipe Penne with pesto, rosa tomatoes and walnuts Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 15 mins Instructions 1 Heat 125g ready-made pesto in a frying pan and toss through 250g Rosa tomatoes. Cook 400g penne in plenty of salted water until al dente and drain. Pour the pasta into a large serving dish and toss through
Fillet is one of the most delicious cuts of meat. So go one step further and add some spicy flavours to make it even better. Cubed beef fillet marinated in chilli and fennel is a wonderfully seasoned main. To drink: Tame the chilli with a soft, fruity wine that’s big enough to match the beef: go for Guardian Peak Merlot.
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