My Curried Chicken Patties with Willow Creek Oil

Curried Chicken Patties in Tomato Coconut Sauce in the pan before garnish Chicken patties are available in some supermarkets and if you prefer to use them, this recipe works as well. Chicken Patties You’ll need 2 large eggs 2 fat cloves garlic, peeled and mashed fine 2 tsp finely chopped parsley 2 Tbs cream Sea

March 7th, 2017|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: South African Olive Oil, South African Olives, , |
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Willow Creek – fine Olive Oils

The beautiful Nuy Valley I wrote recently of the annual harvest at Willow Creek Olive Estate in the beautiful Nuy Valley. The harvesting and pressing season goes on for another couple of months as much of the production goes through their cutting edge Pieralisi Press. Freshly pressed Willow Creek Extra Virgin Olive Oil The golden

April 30th, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: South African Olive Oil, |

Shoulders of Karoo Lamb with Willow Creek twists

Two ready roasted Shoulders of Karoo Lamb When you have a gift of a whole sheep from the heart of the Karoo, slaughtered by the farmer, you want to cook it long and slow and add as little flavouring as possible so that the meat shines through. Willow Creek provides not only great olive oils,

December 16th, 2015|Categories: Recipes|Tags: , , , |
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Stuffed Vine Leaves, aka Dolmades

The vine in my yard from which I picked the leaves A traditional Greek dish called Dolmades, often served cold as mezze. Delicious hot with an egg and lemon sauce. When I made it from young vine leaves picked from several vines in our garden, I used young fresh leaves from unsprayed vines. If you

October 27th, 2015|Categories: Recipes|Tags: |
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