Easy recipes for any cook: from cheat's meals to cooking from scratch

Biscuit recipes

Spice biscuits

10 to 12 minutes

Caramelised figs with Brie

Serves 4

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
4 fresh figs, carefully wiped with absorbent paper without bruising the skin
125 g Brie
Biscuits or Melba toast, to serve

Method

Place the sugar in a small, deep saucepan over medium heat, but do not stir. The sugar will start to melt and become golden, but be careful not to burn it (or yourself ).
Once the sugar is melted, remove it from heat and carefully dip the whole figs in the syrup.
Cool on a lightly greased surface.
Serve the caramelised figs within one hour, as the caramel will begin to soften after this time.
Serve with sliced Brie and biscuits or Melba toast.
Figs are also delicious served with Gorgonzola, Emmenthal, mascarpone, chevin, pecorino, fontina, shaved Parmesan, Gruyère or Camembert.

Spinach lasagne

Kung pao chicken

Durban fish curry

Grilled aubergine with halloumi

Thai red tofu curry on rice pasta

Warm cabbage and blue cheese salad

Spice biscuits

Grilled prosciutto-wrapped chicken with sage and grilled green beans

Rare-beef-and-beetroot roast with pomegranate sauce

Pan-fried cob with rosemary, red wine and black-mushroom sauce

Chilli-orange ostrich, carrot and coriander stir-fry

Lamb, pumpkin and sweet-potato braise

Figs poached in Pernod and served with crème fraîche and freshly cracked black pepper

Organic penne with fresh figs, Parmesan and rosemary gelato

Caramelised figs with Brie

Caramelised figs with Brie

Ingredients

Method