Keep your cooking caliente with these delicious Spicy mussels with lightly flavoured garlic bread. This Spanish-inspired recipe is sure to add some fire to your palate.
Your Father’s Day menu is ready and waiting! That special man in your life is sure to love these dishes as much as he loves you. 1. Craft beer and Healey’s Cheddar soup Serves: 6 Difficult level: Easy Time: 30 minutes INGREDIENTS: 225g streaky bacon, diced 1 celery stick, finely chopped 1 small onion, finely chopped 1 large jalapeño or other mild chilli, seeded and chopped 2 large garlic cloves, peeled and minced 15ml (1 tbsp) fresh thyme, chopped 340ml Ace’s Brew Worx Lager or other lager 650ml chicken stock 55g unsalted butter 65g cake flour 250ml (1 cup) fresh…
If you watched episode four of SA’s most exciting new cooking show, the Clover Little Big Cook Off, you would have seen The Ladys J whipping up a…
This twist on the traditional Christmas pudding is a real delight! Your guests will be wowed by this pear trifle and will even line up for seconds… and thirds!
A dense and moist cake that is perfect for afternoon tea. The ground oats add a slight crunch to this cake which goes really well with the tender pears.
1. Traditional milk tart with almond crust Makes: 1 milk tart Difficulty level: A little effort Time: 1 hour + 1 hour to chill INGREDIENTS: Pastry 200g (2 cups) ground almonds 100g brown sugar 50g cold butter, cubed 30ml (2 tbsp) ice water Custard 4 large egg yolks 50g cornflour 250ml (1 cup) milk 150g sugar seeds from ½ vanilla pod cinnamon, to serve METHOD: Preheat the oven to 180°C and lightly grease a pie dish. For the pastry, combine the almonds, sugar and butter in a bowl. Using your fingers, rub the ingredients until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs.…
Quinoa pea fritters with garlic mayo & zucchini salad. ”For my turn to get into the kitchen for F&HE, I chose to do a recipe from Donna Hay. Her latest cookbook, ‘Fresh and Light’, is filled with not only creative and interesting recipes, but they are so healthy. Or at least she likes to be as healthy as she can where she can. The unhealthiest thing about my meal was the garlic mayo, and that was my own addition. So I ended up making quinoa pea fritters (and, as my Editor says, quinoa is the new black) with baby marrow…
To drink: The richness of the truffles, gnocchi, cheese and butter call for a voluptuous wooded Chardonnay. Cook’s tip: If you can’t find Kalahari truffles, substitute with 30ml…