Plaatkoekies are the boerekos version of American breakfast pancakes. Except they are about a million times better, of course, and we don't have them only for breakfast, but for brunch, teatime and supper too. In fact, plaatkoekies make one of the finest Sunday suppers any child could wish for -...
The best bobotie ever...that I made myself.
Of course many other boboties exist, many of them are spectacularly good, but this recipe comes from my sister-in-law and it's truly the best I've ever made. Yet.
Because left to my own devices, I can wreak utter havoc upon bobotie like you can't...
A while ago I gave a recipe for raisin bread toast with honey figs and ricotta, and promised a post on making ricotta. It really couldn't be easier and since it's not always to be found in the shops when you most need it, why not give it a...
This simple and easy dish combines some of my favourite ingredients in most delectable way. I LOVE ricotta and am always looking for new ways to use it. For this, you'll need to use it when it's super fresh, and still has that 'barely set milk' taste. There are...
I love cooking with yoghurt - and eating it as is, too, of course - so I was well chuffed to receive a cooler bag of Fairview's new full-fat yoghurt last week. It's deliciously creamy and rich, with almost double the protein content of standard yoghurts, since no stabilisers...
I like messing with tradition, so this recipe from Jane Lawson's cookbook Yoshoku Contemporary Japanese is right up my alley. It's a beautifully styled and photographed collection of recipes that stem from the established tradition of fusing Japanese and Western food. Yes, the Japanese did fusion before us. And they do...
South African food memories are laced with the heady combination of fried batter, cinnamon and sugar. We call that pannekoek, and the English call it pancake. But they are not one and the same thing. Pancake is what Rooinek people make on Shrove Tuesday; pannekoek is what we Amabhulu...
Who doesn't treasure memories of the meltingly tender, richly flavoursome potroast their moms or grandma's fed them as children? I know I do! To me, it is one of the most maternal of dishes - comforting, homely and deeply nourishing on both a physical and emotional level.
It also seems...
I first encountered viskopsop, that poor man's staple during the leanest and meanest of times, in the Constantia home of a posh family fallen on hard times. That they were all barking mad might have had something to do with their penurious state, since one or more members of...
Having lived in Cape Town for 20 years now, I still wonder why this beautiful city with her very colourful past lacks a unique, celebrated seafood dish to call her very own. We do have smoorsnoek - that delicious braise of salted or smoked snoek, onions, tomato, chilli, potato...