Asara Vineyard Collection Pinotage Rosé 2017 & my Smoked Salmon Hearts – 14.07.2017
Asara Wine Estate & Hotel releases its Vineyard Collection Pinotage Rosé 2017, delicious with my Smoked Salmon Hearts.
Asara Vineyard Collection Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 & Tracy Foulkes’s Caramelized Onion Thyme & Taleggio Cheese Tart – 25.04.2017
Asara Vineyard Collection Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 Asara Wine Estate is situated in the rolling Polkadraai Hills south-west of Stellenbosch in the Stellenbosch Wine Appellation. Stellenbosch is strong Cabernet country and the big flavours come from the slow ripening of the grapes. Summer heat is ameliorated by cooling breezes off False Bay. The marine climate carries
Asara MCC Brut 2014 & Dianne Bibby’s Cape Malay Chicken Curry with Roasted Bananas – 24.02.2017
Asara MCC Brut 2014 One of the joys of going to Asara Wine Estate and Hotel is tasting the wines with the winemaking team in the cellar and watching the wines improve over weeks. Chardonnay grapes arriving at the Cellar The Asara MCC Brut 2014 is one such wine. Made in the classical Champagne style
Ostrich Meatballs baked in Tomato Sauce – Hein van Tonder
Hein van Tonder's Ostrich Meat Balls in Tomato Sauce Hein van Tonder confided in me once that he was actually an accountant, and then the food bug bit him. You can read his story below. He and a photographic partner, Francois Pistorius, recently spent a couple of weeks in France photographing dishes for
North African Chermoula meatballs – Dianne Bibby
Dianne Bibby's North African Chermoula Meatballs Dianne Bibby always provides the answer when I look at her dishes. This wonderfully spicy dish from North Africa, goes so well with this wine from the other end of the continent. Serves 4 For the meatballs 500g free-range lean mince meat 2 slices white bread, crusts
Beef Stew topped with Dombolos
Anna & Roberta Montali'sBeef Stew topped with Dombolos With a wine containing Pinotage, it's fun to use a local dish and Anna & Roberta Montali's Beef Stew with Dombolos comes to the rescue. Serves 4 Easy Prepping And Cooking Time: 1 hour 40 minutes plus extra for rising 30ml (2 tbsp) olive oil
Chicken & Sausage Tray Bake – Hein van Tonder
Hein van Tonder's Chicken & Sausage Tray Bake For some time I have been using Hein van Tonder's recipes on the website, and till now we have only been email friends. Such a delight to meet him last Friday when we had lunch at The Imibala Restaurant in Somerset West [click here]. Here
Cindy’s Chicken & Egg Curry – Durban Curry, so much of flavour
Durban CurryErica Platter & Clinton Friedman with Devi Sankaree Govender This recipe comes from Durban Curry – so much of Flavour by Erica Platter and Clint Friedman with Devi Sankaree Govender. CLICK HERE to read my review. It was announced this week that the book is one of the South African Finalists for
Mediterranean Aubergine Salad – Carey Boucher Erasmus
Carey Boucher Erasmus's Mediterranean Aubergines If you live in Cape Town, Carey Boucher Erasmus is having a Pop-Up dinner at the picturesque Yoco Eatery in the old Rust-en-Vrede homestead in the heart of Durbanville on Sat 7 Feb 2015. How very fitting as Carey grew up in Durbanville – what a lovely way
Chicken liver paté, the best ever – Sam Linsell
Sam Linsell's Best Ever Chicken Liver Paté I love to serve chicken liver pate with a crispy melba toast and a dollop of something sweet. Its silken smooth so it needs the crunch. The Marmalade offers a bitter-sweet flavour which is rather delicious. If you want to be really wild, stir a splash
Sage & Onion Chicken Loaf – Sue Green
Sue Green's Sage & Onion Chicken Loaf Sue Green, aka Sous Chef, is a great cook, her food I simple unpretentious and always comes in at a good family budget price. This easy-to-make, economical Chicken Loaf is very versatile it can be served cold with salads or warm with roast potatoes, veggies and gravy. It’s
Winter Salad – Vickie de Beer
Vickie de Beer's Winter Saladphotograph by Charles Russell Serves 4 All the flavours and textures in this salad combine perfectly together to create a visual and flavour feast. Ingredients ¼ small pumpkin, sliced into thin wedges 45 ml olive oil 2 handfuls of sage leaves Salt and pepper 250 g bacon lardons a
Chopped salad with lemon vinaigrette – Alida Ryder
Alida Ryder's Chopped Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette Preparation time - 10 mins Ingredients 1 large English cucumber, seeds removed 4 plum or Roma tomatoes, or 3 cups cherry tomatoes 1 large red onion 200g Greek feta for the lemon vinaigrette juice and zest of 1 lemon 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar ½ garlic
Asara sends me a birthday cake
Chocolate Cake from Asara Having a birthday is one thing. Having literally hundreds of people either calling, tweeting or Facebooking, sms’s and WhatsApps is so heartwarming. Having a cake delivered from Pete Gottgens, Cindy Eveleigh and the team at the fabulous Asara Wine Estate and Hotel is about the best thing ever. Thank
Asara Wine Estate & Hotel
The Asara Hotel over the vineyards The History The original grant of the land on which the Asara Wine Estate and Hotel now stands is dated 1691. In the 20th century, the main part of Asara was part of a well known Estate in the Stellenbosch Wine appellation called Verdun, named after the