Jane-Anne Hobbs's Drained Maas Cheese Roll with Lemon, Pepper & Smoked Paprika Jane-Anne says: "I'm so excited by this method for making gorgeous soft white cheese at home that I've been experimenting with a variety of flavours. Here is my current favourite: a 'salami' of cheese with lemon zest and white pepper, rolled in cracked
Dianne Bibby's Milk Soak Chocolate Sheet Cake Dianne says: “Sheet cake. Simple, honest and ‘un-floppable’. Not surprisingly, this Milk-soak chocolate sheet cake is one the 5 most requested cakes in the Bibby kitchen. This is the kind of chocolate cake where things can get a little out of control. Let’s take a moment. It starts
Roberta Muir's Carrot Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Frosting Roberta says: "I don’t know where the original recipe for this cake came from perhaps a flatmate, or an ex-boyfriend’s mother. I only know I’ve been cooking it for over 25 years, making minor modifications along the way. My latest variation is adding orange zest to
Jerusalem Artichoke Soup – Nadia Graves With both chestnuts and Jerusalem artichokes coming into season, Nadia Graves's soup is timeous. Nadia says: “I must admit that I had never used Jerusalem artichokes (it is also known as sunroot, sunchoke, earth apple or topinambour) until I moved to France a few months ago. I had missed
Roasted & Salted Cashews by Tracy Foulkes Tracy says: "The roasting process brings out the rich aroma and taste of the nuts. A perfect snack or ingredient for savoury dishes!" 200 g whole raw cashew nuts (unsalted) 60 g butter A handful of ripped fresh rosemary Good grindings of NoMU Spicy Chilli NoMU Sea Salt
Dianne Bibby's Fudgy Chocolate Banana Bread Not often that I have an occasion to use one of Dianne Bibby’s stunning bakes, but here is a great opportunity. Such fudgy chocolatey deliciousness, she had me at fudgy. Fudgy chocolate banana bread with dark chocolate & coconut cream Ganache Makes 1 x 20cm loaf 80g (1/3 cup)
Pear Brie & Leek Soup - Dianne Bibby Should you start your evening with a glass of sherry style wine, this would be the perfect first course of your meal to match with Monis Pale Dry. Dianne Bibby always has such brilliant combination of flavours, and with both pears and leeks in full
Lizet Hartley's Milktart Croissants This is one of Lizet Hartleys ‘what-if’ kitchen moments. “What if “, she said, “I make a milk tart filling and flavour it the way my mum used to, with just a few drops of almond essence? What if I stick some Woolies mini croissants in the oven and
Monis Pale Dry - Traditional Flor Wine Italian Roberto Moni, a son of a prominent Tuscan winemaking and merchandising family, established his company in Paarl in 1906. Monis is one of the Cape’s most longstanding wine brands. Dirkie Christowitz, the Winemaker at Monis since 1979, told me recently that he has evidence of
Le Creuset's Rooibos Tea Bar Cake Makes 1 cake Ingredients 80ml boiling water 60ml rooibos orange blossom tea, plus dry leaves for decoration 180g butter 180g castor sugar 10ml grated orange rind 3 extra-large eggs, beaten 120g cake flour 120g self-raising flour 1ml salt Orange glacé icing 250ml icing sugar 15ml orange juice