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Roast duck with creamy leeks

1½ hours

Duck recipes

Cider mussels with duck bacon

45 minutes

Salad recipes

Wacky no-waste watermelon salad bowl

Egg recipes

Basic custard

10 minutes

Beef recipes

Beef tongue with mustard sauce

2 hours

Beetroot recipes

Baba ganoush with roast baby beetroot and almond brittle

1 hour 20 minutes

Cabbage recipes

Gammon-and-cabbage pie

20 minutes

Citrus recipes

Basic vinaigrette

Mushroom recipes

Mushroom-and-chestnut phyllo pie

1 hour

Root vegetable

Celeriac, radish and samphire salad

Braai recipes

Grilled plum salad

5 minutes

Berry popsicle surprise cocktail

Serves 6

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 15 minutes, plus overnight freezing time

Ingredients

For the popsicles:

400 g frozen mixed berries
1 cup orange juice
1 t fresh ginger, grated
4 T caster sugar

For the cocktail:

4 oranges, rinsed and sliced
1 cucumber, cut into ribbons
125 g strawberries, halved
3 cups lemonade
1 cup ginger ale
1 1⁄4 cups Pimms No. 1
8 sprigs mint

Method

1. To make the popsicles, blend the berries, juice, ginger and sugar until smooth. Pour into popsicle moulds, insert popsicle sticks and freeze for 4 hours or overnight until solid.

2. Place the oranges, cucumber and strawberries into a jug, then pour over the lemonade, ginger ale and Pimms.

3. Pour the cocktail into glasses filled with ice, then place a popsicle into each glass, add a sprig of mint and serve immediately.

Cook's Note: "After a work trip to London, my husband, Brian, has been really into Pimms, so I came up with this ‘pimped up’ popsicle for him” - Siba Mtongana.

Discover more berry-filled recipes here.

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Pot bread

Italian fondue

Roast duck with creamy leeks

Cider mussels with duck bacon

Wacky no-waste watermelon salad bowl

Basic custard

Beef tongue with mustard sauce

Baba ganoush with roast baby beetroot and almond brittle

Gammon-and-cabbage pie

Basic vinaigrette

Mushroom-and-chestnut phyllo pie

Celeriac, radish and samphire salad

Grilled plum salad

Berry popsicle surprise cocktail

Berry popsicle surprise cocktail

Ingredients

Method