Hi Foodie Friends
The Food Room is taking a little bit of a break over the next 2 weeks and we are closing until the 23rd of July. The cooking classes will resume on the 24th of July with PIES (because everybody keeps asking me to do it again)!!! The schedule for August and September will [...]
I love a salad that’s ingredients don’t begin with lettuce, tomato, cucumber…
I am a firm believer in carefully considering the flavours, colours and textures of the ingredients in a salad. This one is a new winter favourite. The harissa adds a fabulous depth of flavour and the mustard seeds “pop” in your mouth. It could [...]
I am a huge fan of this recipe. It is really simple to do and can be a wonderful summer lunch item or a perfect starter to a meal. I use store-bought puff pastry. Try and go for the most luxurious one that has proper butter in it. It’ll definitely improve the flavour. The recipe [...]
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I ate this a few times in Thailand, but really fell in love with it when I was living in Oranjezicht in Cape Town. The reason being that Saigon Restaurant was my local takeaway spot. I always had it with noodles because I’m not a massive rice fan, but it is best served with sticky [...]
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I don’t always have a sweet tooth, and very very rarely before lunch time. I find the world’s fascination with sickly sweet, cake flavoured muffins at breakfast time quite odd. Give me something made from feather-light French or Danish pastry, or for goodness sake, make it savoury! That’s why I absolutely love cheese muffins. In [...]
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Serves 6
Ingredients
4 large racks of un-smoked pork belly ribs
for the bbq marinade:
1 cup peach chutney
½ cup soya sauce
¼ cup sweet soya sauce
¼ cup tomato sauce
2 tablespoons of wholegrain mustard
1 tablespoon honey
3 cloves of garlic, crushed
1 inch ginger, peeled and grated
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
juice of 1 lemon
½ cup water
½ cup KLIPDRIFT GOLD brandy
Method
Preheat the oven to [...]
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Snacks are often an absolute pain to do when you are concentrating on banging out a meal for friends. This recipe is really quick and easy to do and always taste great. They are pretty rustic looking and go really well with a few dips and some tasty olives. I always have a few rolls [...]
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I may be getting a little repetitive here, but I am a firm believer in less is more in a salad. Lettuce, tomato and cucumber are not a standard salad base that other ingredients are added to! When you are making a salad, the way to do it is to combine three or four delicious [...]
