Beef recipes

Barley risotto with beef broth and Parmesan rind

5 hours

Milk recipes

Cardamom-and-rose almond milk rice pudding

35 minutes

Butternut recipes

Risotto-stuffed squash with Parmesan and pancetta

45 minutes

Asian recipes

Fortune cookies

20 minutes

Rice recipes

Parmesan-and-sesame rice with roast garlicky mushrooms

1 hour, plus chilling time

Italian recipes

The perfect risotto

1 hour 40 minutes

Chicken recipes

Rustic chicken pie

2 hours

Braai recipes

Santa Anna’s salsa roja Mexicana

30 minutes

Festival food

Bertus’s mac-and-cheese tots

45 minutes

Stew recipes

Oxtail tomato bredie

4 hours

Italian recipes

Creamy Gorgonzola fazzoletti pasta with porcini

15 minutes

Birthday cake

Choc-fudge layer cake with Rice Krispie clusters

30 minutes