If you adore summer stonefruit, you’ll love what we’ve done with the juicy, fragrant plum.
TO DRINK: Champagne (or sparkling wine), of course! COOK’S TIP Be careful when working with hot sugar as sugar burns are extremely painful.
Print Recipe Shanghai red bean pancakes Ingredients 120g (1 cup) cake flour 1 large egg 60ml (¼ cup) water vegetable oil, for frying 150g tin red bean paste Instructions 1 Combine the flour, egg and water in a mixing bowl and whisk well to form a thin batter. 2 Heat a non-stick frying pan or
Blanch, peel, seed and quarter 6 plump ripe tomatoes. Heat 800ml olive oil in a pot and add the tomatoes, 3 sliced garlic cloves, 2 seeded and sliced…
Print Recipe Chai-spiced milk and honey jellies Serves: 6 Cooking Time: 35 mins plus extra for setting Ingredients 800ml milk 10 black peppercorns 2 cinnamon sticks, broken 6 cardamom pods, crushed 1 star anise 1ml salt 60ml (¼ cup) honey 6 gelatine leaves, soaked in 60ml (¼ cup) cold water Instructions 1 Heat the milk
Print Recipe Rooibos, naartjie and Campari jellies Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 15 mins + extra for setting Ingredients 3 rooibos teabags 425ml boiling water zest of 1 orange zest of 1 lemon 1 packet naartjie or orange jelly mix 60ml (¼ cup) Campari orange zest, to serve Instructions 1 Steep the rooibos teabags in 125ml
The Himalayan goji berry is one of the world’s most nutritious foods, which has earned it the label du jour: “super-fruit”. Sometimes called the wolfberry, it is causing a stir in health-conscious circles for its elevated properties. Rich in minerals, amino acids and essential fatty acids, every berry contains a whack of antioxidants and 50 times more vitamin C than an orange.
Soft, fragrant, and effortlessly homey – these banana and vanilla cupcakes are the kind of bake that fills the kitchen with warmth. Each tender crumb carries the sweetness of ripe bananas and the comfort of classic vanilla, making them irresistibly moist and nostalgic. Crowned with a swirl of vibrant blueberry icing, they get a naturally purple pop that’s as beautiful as it is delicious. Simple, joyful, and perfect for sharing, these cupcakes bring a little colour and kindness to any moment.