Spaghetti sole Rinse the soles and pat dry. Heat the butter and oil in a wide pan. Add the fish and fry until golden brown and just cooked. Remove. Pour off the fat. Pour in the cream and verjuice. Add the garlic and bring to a bubble. Simmer until sligh…
Pan-fried pork with fresh pineapple To make the sweet-potato salad: Mix together all the ingredients and set aside. To make the pork and pineapple: Slice each pork fillet diagonally into 4 to 6 pieces. Place between two sheets of non-stick paper and thump lightly to flatten…
Crunchy fruit salad Lay the fruit on a baking tray and sprinkle with sugar. Pour over the verjuice, using a little extra if you like. Place under a hot grill or on a braai grid. Cook for 5 minutes or until the fruit is sticky from the melted sugar. Cook’s…
Christmas gammon relish 1. Drizzle a little olive oil in a large saucepan with. Place over a medium heat and cook the onion, ginger and cranberries with the sugar until cooked and caramelised. Add some chilli sauce, the mustard, verjuice and paste, and cook throug…
Poached stone fruit Bring a large pan of water to the boil. Remove from the heat. Add the fruit, a few at a time, and leave for 1 minute. Remove the skins and set aside. Place the verjuice, sugar, vanilla seeds and vanilla pod into a pot. Simmer until the s…
Dry-aged rump of beef with porcini, watercress and bearnaise Marinate the rump in the Worcestershire sauce and olive oil for at least 30 minutes. Season liberally with salt and pepper then cook on a rotisserie or over indirect coals on a kettle braai for 45 minutes, or until cooked medium rare. Re…
Lamb and quince tagine with saffron Season the lamb shanks with salt and pepper then fry in a little olive oil in a heavy-based saucepan, until brown on all sides. Remove and set aside. Using the pan juices, fry onions, ginger, cinnamon, coriander and ground cumin, and cay…
Charred figs and Mascarpone Place four pieces of baking paper on four sheets of tinfoil (reflective side up). Put a slice of Madeira cake on each and top with a fig. Cut a cross in the crown of each fig and gently squeeze the base to expose the flesh inside. Pla…
Turkey breast with poached plums Preheat the oven to 180°C. Glaze the turkey with the ginger slices and syrup and place in an oven tray on the middle rack of the oven for 50 to 60 minutes, or until golden brown. Just before the turkey is cooked, place a saucepan with t…
Tomato and chilli jam baguettes with goat’s-milk cheese Preheat the oven to 180°C. Heat a small saucepan over a medium to low heat. Add the oil and onion and gently fry until soft. Crush the mustard seeds, star anise and fennel seeds using a pestle and mortar and add to the saucepan, alon…