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How to make salads with cabbage with Curtis Stone

August 27, 2013

There are a great variety of cabbages out there which are great for making salads. The most common is coleslaw but Curtis has a few more ideas for you. First up salt your chopped cabbage with a teaspoon or two or salt which removes some of the moisture and intensifies the flavour. Once you’ve done…

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Foods named after people, like Eggs Benedict, Melba Toast and Margherita Pizza.

If you are of an inquisitive disposition you will love this video from “Mental Floss” which explores the origin of some very popular dishes and who they are named after. For example German Chocolate Cake is not German at all, Eggs Benedict has it’s origins in a night of heavy drinking and the most common…

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How to cook eggplant / aubergines with Curtis Stone

Are you stuck with how to cook Aubergines, eggplant or brinjals… all the same thing. The best thing to do is either salt them, by slicing them up and sprinkling some salt on or roast them well burning the skin, whole. The second method is perfect on a braai.

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Different ways to use Lemongrass with Curtis Stone

Lemongrass is most often used with Asian style recipes. There are a variety of different ways you can use lemongrass as Curtis explains. The most common use is to make tea by pounding the roots before chopping them up into smaller pieces and steep in boiling water with some mint. Another idea from Curtis is…

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How to ripen avocados in 10 minutes

This is a quirky solution to quickly ripen avocados in ten minutes. Wrap the avocado in aluminium foil and pop it in the oven at 90°C (190°F) for 10 minutes The process involves trapping the ethylene gas that an avocado releases and allows it to be re-absorbed by the avocado, speeding up the ripening process.…

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How to carve a leg of lamb the Heston Blumenthal way!

Heston Blumenthal goes with the grain when it comes to carving up a leg of lamb. Watch this quick video and carving lamb will never be the same.

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Oak Smoked Water… are things getting a little out of hand?

A new craze in the UK is Oak Smoked Water which has Heston Blumenthal lapping it up. The water comes straight out of the tap and is then smoked for four days in an oak smokery. Alison Lea-Wilson, of the Anglesey Sea Salt company, which produces the Halen Môn smoked water, says; It adds an…

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Edible spoons, a novel way to present snacks

Roy Webb a retired design engineer in the UK with time on his hands and a spot of creativity developed a very simple and easy to make edible spoon. It is essentially a piece of flat bread fashioned with a spoon shaped mould. The spoon shaped bread is perfect for canapés holding savoury pate’s or…

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How to make Iced Coffee with three quick tips

If you like the occasional cup of Iced Coffee, here are a few quick tips for making a perfect cup at home. These tips a best when used with a filter coffee machine. Pour left over coffee into an ice cube tray and pop it into the freezer. If you like it sweet add some…

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The best way to braai prawns

The art to braaing prawns lies in the way you skewer them according to Jamie Purvience When skewering your prawns skewer the first one through the tail and then the head, skewer the second one straight through the head and the same for each one after, leaving no space in between, creating one big prawn.…

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Make your pizza at home, in the oven or on the braai, just how you like it every time.

The other week I finally bought myself a pizza stone. It has long been on my kitchen wish list thanks to some fond memories at my ex-girlfriends sister’s house on Friday evenings when the whole family would gather to make pizza’s accompanied by a few glasses of wine & beer. As family dinners go making…

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How to braai pizza

If you would like to try something different on your braai why not try pizza. It is very easy to do while being quite different to making a pizza in a pizza oven. First of all you must toast the pizza dough before loading up with toppings and make sure you have the dough nice…

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How to make salads with cabbage with Curtis Stone

Foods named after people, like Eggs Benedict, Melba Toast and Margherita Pizza.

How to cook eggplant / aubergines with Curtis Stone

Different ways to use Lemongrass with Curtis Stone

How to ripen avocados in 10 minutes

How to carve a leg of lamb the Heston Blumenthal way!

Oak Smoked Water… are things getting a little out of hand?

Edible spoons, a novel way to present snacks

How to make Iced Coffee with three quick tips

The best way to braai prawns

Make your pizza at home, in the oven or on the braai, just how you like it every time.

How to braai pizza

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