Pour 90ml Pimms No. 1 and 7,5ml (1½ tsp) freshly squeezed lime juice into a tall glass, top up with ginger ale and stir. Garnish with cucumber strips, half a slice of orange, half a slice of lemon, a strawberry and a sprig of mint.
To drink: Go for Thelema Sutherland Sauvignon Blanc 2008, a complex wine with a hint of cucumber and tomato leaf in its character.
Recipe by Jamie Oliver I always have some basic veg in my fridge – onions, carrots, celery and garlic – as they can form the base for so many different dishes. Here, with a few extra store cupboard items, you can make a fantastic soup in no time. Sometimes I add a few dried porcini mushrooms to make it extra special.
Miso is one of those incredible ingredients that can be salty, sweet, spicy and fruity all at once. Safe to say this miso yaki dish is an explosion of…
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To make our cover recipe, omit the beetroot chips and hummus. Serve the beetroot salsa with 100g goat’s cheese, toasted ciabatta and mixed olives. Garnish with beetroot baby…
To drink: Zondernaam NLH 2007 is strongly flavoured but not too dominant and wonderfully balanced. It will still let the more delicate dessert flavours come through. Sue Greig gives cooking lessons at Miele in Bryanston, Johannesburg. For more information contact her on 083 616 0136.



