I've been experimenting with traditional pumpkin fritter/pampoenkoekie recipes lately, so I had quite a bit of roast pumpkin left over. Luckily I also had Serena Jacobson's vegetarian cookbook Fields of Flavour handy, so I adapted this cake recipe into a rather yummy loaf using the surplus pumpkin.
I love the subtle...
Spiced tea, or as we call it 'chai', has become a hugely popular drink. Sold in powdered, teabag or loose leaf form, it can be enjoyed hot or cold.
Actually, the word 'chai' simply means 'tea' in India, and what we're really talking about is masala chai, or spiced tea....
Pork belly is one of the most accommodating cuts of meat, and a doddle to cook. Slow and low, basically, is the only tip you need - low temperature and a long cooking time. Braising - oven-roasted in a liquid bath of stock, beer, wine or ginger ale -...
Afraid of baking bread? Believe me, you can bake bread. In fact, stop reading this right now, go stand in front of a mirror and look yourself straight in the eye. Take a deep breath, then say out loud, 'I can bake bread!'
Then come back and read this blog,...
Everyone pretty much has a go-to banana bread recipe, but this one is unusual. It has an addition of ripe mashed papaya and desiccated coconut, the coconut giving a pleasing crunch to the moist cake. I also love the topping of a generous handful of toasted coconut, and adding...
No-one really knows the origin of these rather exotically flavoured meatballs, but everybody loves them. That includes my fruit-loathing son, who'll pack away an astonishing amount of kerriefrikkadelle given the opportunity.
I've fed them to foreigners too, expecting table rebellion, but plates were always polished and thirds asked for. Kerriefrikkadelle...
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED! I loved reading all your comments, and look forward to running another competition for you guys VERY SOON!
While I wish I could give each and everyone of you a prize, there can only be one winner, and that is......
Faatimah Falal!
Runner up, with a...
Would you ever combine olive oil with chocolate, salted caramel and ice cream? Tokara Wine Estate executive chef Richard Carsten does, and it is sublime.
At a media event this past week, we were treated to a tasting of the estate's extra virgin olive oils and wines, along with chef...
This is really Tarte Tatin in a different guise. Because what's better than upside-down caramelised apple tart?
Upside-down salted caramel apple tart, that's what. It couldn't be easier, and you can make it with pears and nectarines too, as long as you choose nice firm, slightly underripe ones.
The real name...
Is winter giving you cabin fever? Head for the hills, then. Head for the plains, or even the sea! Head for the wild and wonderful West Coast, in other words, where you'll find plenty of this and more. The newly rebuilt N7 is a joy to drive, and once...