Print Recipe Honeyed macadamia, lemon, spinach and ricotta spaghettini Serves: 4 – 6 Cooking Time: 40 mins Ingredients HONEYED MACADAMIA NUTS 250g macadamia nuts 60ml (¼ cup) runny honey 45ml (3 tbsp) olive or avocado oil + extra, for brushing 400g spaghettini 1 red chilli, finely chopped juice and zest of 1 lemon and 1
TO DRINK: Jordan Chardonnay has enough structure and sophistication to stand up to the lamb and strong flavours.
South African comfort food with a trendy twist to warm you up from the inside.
Print Recipe Jodi-Ann Pearton’s seared ostrich with butternut purée, avocado oil emulsion and pickled fennel salad Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 40 mins + overnight to cool Ingredients 80ml avocado oil + extra, for drizzling 40ml ground cumin 30ml (2 tbsp) ground coriander 4 ostrich fillets 4 sprigs fresh rosemary, for brushing AVOCADO OIL EMULSION 45ml
Print Recipe Leek, smoked chicken and cabbage soup Serves: 6 Cooking Time: 40 mins Ingredients 45ml (3 tbsp) olive oil 6 young leeks, washed and sliced (white part only) 1 small white onion, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, crushed 2L good quality chicken stock 4 smoked chicken breasts, finely sliced 2 baby cabbages, thinly sliced
To drink: This dish calls for shiraz, and South Africa produces so many world-class wines of this varietal. Try Camberley, Delheim, Eagle’s Nest or Mullineux and many others.
Print Recipe Rustic tomato sauce Serves: 6 – 8 Ingredients 30ml olive oil 1 red pepper, roasted, skinned and cut into strips 1 yellow pepper, skinned and cut into strips 150g tomatoes, slow roasted or sundried salt and crushed black pepper, to taste 800ml tomato sauce 150g black olives, pitted 50ml capers 2 anchovies, mashed
A never-fail favourite that’s so easy.
Print Recipe Breadsticks Ingredients ¼ quantity of basic bread dough milk, for brushing coarse salt or sesame seeds, to garnish Instructions 1 Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a baking tray. 2 Make your dough according to the recipe on p45. Place the dough on a lightly floured work surface and knead for 3 minutes.
Print Recipe How to make chocolate eggs Instructions 1 You will need an Easter egg mould (available from baking suppliers), a soft paint brush or pastry brush and some baking chocolate. Grease the moulds with a thin layer of margarine to give the eggs a smooth, glossy finish. Chop the chocolate into small pieces. Place