Print Recipe Ginger and almond slices Serves: 12 Cooking Time: 50 mins Ingredients 200g pitted dates, chopped 250ml (1 cup) boiling water 10ml (2 tsp) bicarbonate of soda 200g butter, chopped 200g (1 cup) brown sugar 4 large eggs 240g self-raising flour 10ml (2 tsp) ground ginger 100g ground almonds icing sugar, to serve Instructions

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

To drink: Nederburg Winemasters Noble Late Harvest 2009, with balanced fruit acidity to tame the sweetness and accommodate the dairy characters.

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