cornflour Archives

Cheese recipes

Cheat’s cacio e pepe

25 minutes

Cheese recipes

Italian fondue

25 minutes

Afternoon tea

Melting moments

15 minutes, plus 3 minutes for melting chocolate

Afternoon tea

Reindeer chocolate shortbread cookies

20 minutes

Afternoon tea

Amarula milk tart

30 minutes, plus 4 hours setting time

Beef recipes

Pepper steak pie

3 hours

Cheesecake recipes

Milk tart cheesecake

20 minutes

Afternoon tea

Mille-feuille with café crème patissiere

30 minutes

Chocolate recipes

Créme brûleé doughnuts

20 minutes

Coffee recipes

Coffee choux buns with craquelin

30 minutes

Chicken recipes

Tomato-and-chicken soup

1 hour

Tomato-and-chicken soup

Serves 4

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cooking Time 1 hour

Ingredients

1 whole free-range chicken
1 onion, peeled and chopped
2 bay leaves
4 sprigs thyme
6 sage leaves
1 litre water
4 tomatoes, halved
salt, to taste

For the baby marrow fries:

3 cups sunflower oil
12 baby marrows, cut into thin matchsticks
100 g cornflour
salt, to taste
mayonnaise, for serving

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Place the chicken, onion, herbs and water in a casserole dish. Cover and roast for 1 hour.

2. Place the tomatoes on a very hot cast-iron grill and cook on both sides until soft.

3. Break the chicken into pieces in the stock and add the tomatoes. Season to taste. Serve with the baby marrow fries and mayo.

4. To make the baby marrow fries, heat the oil in a saucepan. Lightly toss the baby marrow in cornflour and shake off any excess. Fry in batches until golden brown, then drain on kitchen paper.

Find more soup recipe here

Photographs: Jan Ras
Production: Abigail Donnelly
Food Assistant: Cheri Kustner

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Tomato-and-chicken soup

Tomato-and-chicken soup

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