Churros are traditionally dipped into hot chocolate in winter, but they are just as good served hot with honey and cinnamon sugar… even in summer! Serve with dessert wine.
A vibrant green purée of broad beans, smashed up with mint and served with lashings of Spanish ham makes for the perfect Spanish-style tapas when smeared onto hot…
Crystal rice paper wraps a delicious alternative to traditional wraps. Not only are they lovely to look at, but they’re also very light and won’t leave you feeling uncomfortably full. The translucent sheets of rice paper add a delicate look to the wraps and contrast beautifully with the colourful filling.
To drink: Rijk’s Chenin Blanc has everything this dish needs: zesty acidity, good use of oak and a lingering aftertaste.
It makes a change to have pasta without sauce. This peasantstyle spaghetti dish uses olive oil as the lubricant. Crispy bacon bits, broad beans and breadcrumbs work well…
Lamb is delicious in Darling: the grazing has always been good in these green hills. That’s how Groote Post Vineyards got its name: it was the largest guarding post in the area in the early 1800s, established to protect cattle and sheep from marauding stock thieves. In the days when Hildegonda Duckitt lived at Groote Post and wrote the books that would establish her as South Africa’s Mrs Beeton (she started writing after she was left by her British fiancé), nothing was wasted in the kitchen – they even used the lamb fat to make candles. Nowadays, Darling cooks like…
In France, a patisserie is a bakery specialising in cakes and sweet treats where artisans spend years perfecting their craft. South Africans have a looser interpretation, but there…
This is always a hit! Adults will love it just as much as the kids do.