I have tasted something very similar at a well known Cape Malay style restaurant and this recipe, with the Chilli and Turmeric, could be renamed “a Cape Malay Style Roast Potato Recipe” Turmeric or “Indian Saffron” gives the potatoes a lovely yellow hue and it has a distinctly earthy, slightly bitter, slightly hot peppery flavour and…
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Quick Christmas Trifle Recipe | Gordon Ramsay
Gordon Ramsay gets down to business with this quick and easy Christmas Trifle Recipe. You can use any choice of locally available fruit for this recipe, it does not have to be fresh either, straight out of a tin will do, just drain it first. Quick Trifle Recipe | Gordon Ramsay Serving: 8 | Prep:…
Chicken Tikka Masala Recipe | Gordon Ramsay
An easy Chicken Tikka Masala recipe for you to try your hand at by Gordon Ramsay. I am a sucker for a good curry, it does not have to be a hot one but simply deliver on the flavour. I always used to think that curry was all about being hot, well it isn’t. It’s…
Dinner Divas Round Six! Some amazing food is about to be dished up – Kate vs Usha!
The final stage of the sudden death knock out rounds sees eclectic Kate Liquorish come up against the healthy vegetarian cooking of Usha Singh. Both blogs celebrate the abundance of exciting local produce and Usha uses them to promote Indian vegetarian delights while Kate focuses on exciting and cheeky food for friends and family. Two…
The most expensive cheese in the world comes from a donkey!
If you thought Parmesan was pretty pricey think again. It does not come close to donkey cheese from Serbia. The unique cheese made from donkey milk is being produced by the Zasavica reserve’s donkey farm, located some 80 kilometres (50 miles) west of the Serbian capital Belgrade. Slobodan Simic, the head of the Zasavica donkey reserve…
Congolese Liboke de Poisson Recipe (Maboke) | Zola Nene
Zola Nene tried her hand as South Africanising the Congolese dish Liboke de Poisson with great success. The team down at the Expresso Show are using Yellowtail for this fish braai but as usual use your locally available green listed white fish. Liboke de Poisson (Maboke) | Fish Braai Recipe | Zola Nene Serving: 4…
Mfino Pap Pie | Zola Nene
Zola Nene gets creative with her Mfino Pap Pie by adding some smoked viennas & sweetcorn to the recipe. Mfino Pap Pie | Zola Nene Serving: 4 | Prep: 5 min | Cooking: 20 min Ingredients: Sunflower Oil 1 tablespoon Onion 1 0 chopped 2 cloves garlic, finely crushed 2 cloves crushed Tomatoes 410 g…
Skilpadjie Recipe | Zola Nene
Skilpadjies are a traditional South African braai starter, chicken livers wrapped in bacon. They are also know by other names such as ”muise”, “vlermuise” and “pofadder”. The dish is traditionally made with minced lamb’s liver wrapped in netvet which is the fatty membrane that surrounds the kidneys. This skilpadjie recipe is made with chicken livers which are far more popular nowadays. The name skilpadjie…
Pippa Middletons party planning book “Celebrate” flops
The Telegraph reports that sales of Pippa Middleton’s party-planning book Celebrate is a flop. The book launched at a Halloween party for children in London two weeks ago and Pippa, writing for the Telegraph said that she was inspired by her parents party planning business and launched the book. She called it a labour of love and something…
Basting Sauce Recipe for the Braai
A straightforward basting recipe for the braai. So often when we eat out in restaurants our steaks have been cooked with such a delicious basting sauce that all other sauces like pepper or mushroom are made redundant. Yet, more often than not when making a braai so many people just stick the meat on without…