These fun, fruity watermelon poached pears with sabayon are a perfect addition to any elegant tea party. The rich colours are just an added bonus, on top of…
Print Recipe Preserved aubergines with herbs Serves: 1 x 1,5L jar Cooking Time: 30 minutes + overnight, to infuse Ingredients 500ml (2 cups) white wine vinegar 10ml (2 tsp) Maldon sea salt 250ml (1 cup) olive oil 5ml (1 tsp) whole black peppercorns 2 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced 5ml (1 tsp) dried chilli flakes
Theme parties give new meaning to the festive season By Karen Short of By Word of Mouth Theme parties – where everything from the food and drinks to the decor are co-ordinated – are more popular than ever, but there’s a distinctly different way of doing things these days. This fresh approach means no more sit-down dinners or sending out the waiters with trays of canapés. Instead, the fun thing to do is to create ‘stations’ where guests help themselves to different elements like food, drinks and even dress-up accessories. By setting up permanent stations, where dishes or drinks are…
NB: Green Island Juice is available from Food Lovers’ Market; Melissa’s Mojito Cordial with Mint and Lime is available from Melissa’s The Food Store
Print Recipe Crispy potato salad with roast garlic sour cream dressing Serves: 4 – 6 Cooking Time: 1 hour Ingredients 1kg baby potatoes, washed 60ml (¼ cup) vegetable oil sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste Dressing ½ head of garlic 250ml (1 cup) sour cream zest and juice of 1 lemon 15ml
Thin and crisp means much less guilt but these are still packed with flavour.
Print Recipe Aubergine tempura with a sour cream, coriander and black garlic dipping sauce Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 30 minutes Ingredients 100g cake flour, sifted 5ml (1 tsp) baking powder 15ml (1 tbsp) cornflour 6 small egg whites 125ml (½ cup) water salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 5 large aubergines, cut into
Print Recipe Black squid-ink pasta with anchovies and olives Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 30 minutes Ingredients 500g black squid-ink pasta (dried or fresh – adjust cooking times to suit) 100g butter juice of 1 lemon 5ml (1 tsp) freshly cracked black pepper 16 – 20 anchovy fillets, chopped 200g black Kalamata olives, pitted small handful
Recipe by Illanique van Aswegen A beautiful and vibrant salad packed with texture and exciting flavours.