basil Archives

Christmas recipes

The best chopped salad

5 minutes

Snack recipes

Tomato-and-asparagus tart

15–20 minutes

Chilli recipes

Bill’s prawn, fennel and watermelon salad with chilli dressing

1 1⁄2 minutes

Italian recipes

Jamie’s tonno di nonna fangitta

50 minutes

Salad recipes

Exotic tomato-and-mozzarella salad

Paella recipes

Loadshedding rice with seared trout

35 minutes

Beef recipes

Beef meatballs and linguine with roast peppers and basil

20 minutes

Pomegranate-and-red-apple sangria

Soup recipes

Sweet paprika soup

35–45 minutes

Caponata and fresh tomato salad

Serves 4 to 6

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cooking Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

2 large brinjals
1 red onion, cut into thin wedges
3 T extra virgin olive oil
Salt, to taste
500 g Woolworths exotic tomatoes
15 g purple basil
15 g basil

For the dressing, mix:

12 green olives, pitted and roughly chopped
8 anchovies fillets, roughly chopped
1 garlic clove, finely grated
1 large exotic tomato, grated into a bowl with the juice
2 T parsley, roughly chopped
¼ cup red wine vinegar
1 lemon, juiced
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C.

Chop the brinjals into bite-sized pieces and place in a mixing bowl with the red onion, olive oil and salt. Toss to coat the vegetables with the oil.

Place on a baking tray and roast for 20 minutes, or until cooked through.

Roughly slice the tomatoes into different sizes and thicknesses. Place on a large serving dish with the roast brinjals and red onion. Add the basil and spoon over the dressing.

Honey-and-strawberry parfait with mint salsa

Yorkshire puddings

Mac-and-cheese potjie

Thai red coconut chicken curry

Mac and cheese with tomato and prawns

The best chopped salad

Tomato-and-asparagus tart

Bill’s prawn, fennel and watermelon salad with chilli dressing

Jamie’s tonno di nonna fangitta

Exotic tomato-and-mozzarella salad

Loadshedding rice with seared trout

Beef meatballs and linguine with roast peppers and basil

Pomegranate-and-red-apple sangria

Sweet paprika soup

Caponata and fresh tomato salad

Caponata and fresh tomato salad

Ingredients

Method