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10 minutes

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40 minutes

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40 minutes

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20 minutes

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25 minutes

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30 minutes

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4 hours

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Chilled almond and garlic soup

Serves 5

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes, plus overnight chilling time

Ingredients

340 g almonds, skinned and lightly roasted
3 slices day-old bread, crusts removed
1 1/2 cups iced water
3 – 5 cloves garlic, finely chopped
4 t white balsamic vinegar
1 1/2 cups olive oil
Salt to taste
Lemon-infused olive oil, for serving

Method

Finely grind the almonds in a food processor, but do not allow them to form a paste.

Soak the bread in 1 cup of iced water for 5 minutes.

Place the ground almonds, bread, garlic, balsamic vinegar and 1 cup olive oil in a blender and blend at high speed.

Add more olive oil and water and blend until the soup is silky smooth.

Add salt to taste and refrigerate overnight.

Cook’s note: Add an interesting twist to the soup by using flowers of indigenous wild garlic (Tulbaghia violacea) to flavour and garnish it.

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Petit fours

Autumn fruit with hot vanilla rice pudding

Quick chicken pot

Quick-braised Chinese beef short ribs

Honey Crunch apple pie

African watermelon salad

Easy chocolate fudge with apple snow

Lamb shoulder with herb dumplings

Cape Malay mussels

Chilled almond and garlic soup

Chilled almond and garlic soup

Ingredients

Method