olive oil Archives

Breakfast recipes

Tornado omelette

5 minutes

Aliums

Gnocchi with crispy pancetta and creamy shallots

20–25 minute

Fish recipes

White tuna fish cakes

40 minutes

Beef recipes

Beef-and-potato pie

2–3 hours

Cabbage recipes

Caramelised cabbage pizza

25–30 minutes

Fish recipes

Basa fish cakes

40 minutes

Green goddess focaccia

30 minutes

Beans recipes

Pepper-and-bean salad

20 minutes

Chicken recipes

Miso-glazed chicken

45 minutes–1 hour

Braai recipes

Braaied chicken risotto

1 hour

Braai recipes

Braaied sweet potato salad

45 minutes

Braai recipes

Ciambotta

25 minutes

Ciambotta

Serves 6

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cooking Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

6 T olive oil
6 baby marrows, roughly chopped
3 brinjals, roughly chopped
2 T garlic, crushed
1 t chilli, crushed
1 t ground coriander
1 t ground cumin
1 t ground cinnamon
1 x 70 g can Woolworths soffritto tomato paste
1 x 400 g can tomatoes
½ cup Woolworths tomato passata
1 cup vegetable stock
2 T Woolworths harissa paste
6 free-range eggs
fresh coriander, for serving
spring onion, for serving, sliced
grated Parmesan, for serving

Method

1. Heat 3 T olive oil in a large cast-iron pot over the fire. Brown the baby marrows and brinjals separately and set aside.

2. Add the remaining olive oil and fry the garlic, chilli, coriander, cumin and cinnamon for 5 minutes. Add the tomato paste, tomatoes, passata and stock and cook for 15 minutes.

3. Stir through the baby marrows, brinjal and harissa. Crack the eggs into the sauce, shakshuka style, and cook to your preference. To serve, top with the coriander, spring onions and Parmesan.

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Photographs: Jan Ras
Production: Abigail Donnelly
Food Assistants: Bianca Strydom and Ellah Maepa

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Basa fish cakes

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Pepper-and-bean salad

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Braaied sweet potato salad

Ciambotta

Ciambotta

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