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Apple glazed Duck – Meeta K Wolff

Apple Glazed Duck - Meeta K Wolff This recipe for Apple Glazed Duck comes from Meeta K Wolff's fabulous website, What's For Lunch, Honey? Simply irresistible - the combination of herby thyme and fruity apple with the soft tender duck breast filet is extravagant and heavenly. If the duck is prepared well you

December 18th, 2014|Categories: Recipes|Tags: Meeta K Wolff, South African Wine, Vergelegen Wine Estate|
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Mussels in Creamy Garlic Sauce – Meeta K Wolff

Meeta K Wolff's Mussels in a Creamy Garlic Sauce Ingredients 2kg fresh mussels 1 tablespoon butter 100 ml dry white wine 150 ml fish stock 2 shallots, finely chopped 5-6 garlic cloves, finely chopped 1 small carrot, diced 1 small parsnip diced 1/2 leek, thinly sliced 100g crème fraîche Handful chives, chopped Maldon smoked sea

November 3rd, 2014|Categories: Recipes|Tags: Meeta K Wolff, South African Wine, Vergelegen Wine Estate|
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Parmesan Crumbed Lamb Chops – Alida Ryder

  Alida Ryder's Parmesan Crumbed Lamb Chops 8 lamb chops (I used French trimmed chops) 3 extra-large eggs 2 cups fresh breadcrumbs 50g Mediterranean Delicacies Parmesan style cheese 1 tsp freshly ground pepper 1 tsp salt 3 tbsp freshly chopped parsley oil for frying (I use Canola oil) Beat the eggs in a

October 16th, 2014|Categories: Recipes|Tags: Alida Ryder, South African Wine, Vergelegen Wine Estate|
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How to braai a fillet steak – Jan Braai

Jan Braai's Beef Filletrecipe 'How to braai a fillet steak'from the new soft cover edition of his Fireworks A fillet is the most tender of all steaks due to the muscle’s location on the beef carcass. It is situated on the belly side of the spine, and thus does very little exercise during

September 30th, 2014|Categories: Recipes|Tags: Jan Braai, South African Wine, Vergelegen Wine Estate|
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Chicken & red wine casserole with herb dumplings – Sam Linsell

  Sam Linsell's chicken & red wine casserole with herb dumplings Ingredients Casserole 8 pieces of chicken, thighs and legs, with skin on 2T olive oil 125g streaky bacon, chopped 10 – 12 small pickling onions, peeled 1 onion, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1 celery stalk, finely chopped I large carrot,

August 20th, 2014|Categories: Recipes|Tags: Sam Linsell, South African Wine, Vergelegen Wine Estate|
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Lamb Knuckle & Quince Bredie

Quinces photographed by Charlie Lee Potter Quinces, which have been grown at the Cape for over 350 years, are back in season again. They were planted and mentioned in his diary by Jan van Riebeek’ s gardeners in the Company Gardens in Cape Town shortly after the settlement at the Cape by the

May 5th, 2012|Categories: Recipes|Tags: Bredie, Cabernet Sauvignon, Lamb, Quince, south african food, Vergelegen Wine Estate|
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fav-57 As a young aspiring chef, Michael laid a solid foundation for his career at the Cordon Bleu Cooking School in London. Over the next 30 years he had a series of high profile hospitality management posts, was the Public Relations Manager for Boschendal and ran three successful restaurants in the Cape, one of which, Parks, featured in the national top 10 restaurants.

Michael is a family man, author and broadcaster.
A lifetime devoted to the promotion and appreciation of the South African wine and food industry has earned him many accolades, including the Lannice Snyman Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2013 Eat Out Awards.

Michael continues to be prolific, informative and entertaining on his wine and food website, michaelolivier.co.za

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