Recipes – South African

Jan Ellis pudding – a classic South African dessert

February 23, 2009

Fact:  South Africans love puddings. And no, I don’t mean the weird English concept of puddings which can include savouries like Yorkshire pudding.  I mean sponge-cakey puddings baked in the oven and usually served warm with some sort of sauce or syrup. There’s nothing glamorous or sexy about them, and they don’t require any sort of [...]

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Bunny chow – South Africa’s own street food

January 18, 2009

  **DISCLAIMER** – no fluffy bunnies were harmed in the making of this dish!! Phew.  Just thought I'd get that disclaimer out of the may before people started hurling abuse, shoes or frying pans Street food – it's such a great concept.  Something cheap and readily available, sold on the streets in a portable format, and eaten [...]

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Bar-One sauce – a South African classic

November 21, 2008

  So you think you've had a rough week? Well, spare a thought for some of the occupants of the International Space Station.  First they break the news to you that of the two spiders being sent into space, you are not the Lead Spider – you are merely the understudy.  So you have no [...]

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Braai sarmies for Heritage Day – better late than never!

September 26, 2008

What can I say – it's been a bit of a tumultous week.    First there was the wonderful Oktoberfest in Munich last weekend, where much beer was consumed and many new friends were made. Then I woke up on Sunday morning to find that my country had no president. On Thursday my friends Belinda and [...]

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My big, fat South African potato bake

July 29, 2008

Sometimes the universe is a funny place.  You spend weeks and weeks in a state of semi-depression at the weather.  Despite it officially being summer here in London, it just stays grey, blustery and a little damp.  Great for the garden, but not so great for South African sun bunnies like me.  You complain with your work [...]

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Mamma’s no-recipe scones

January 31, 2008

What do you do when you miss somebody that you’ll never see again?  When your head is full of questions that you still want to ask them, questions that hadn’t even been formulated when you said goodbye?  When your arms ache to be around them?  When your ears strain to catch the memory of their [...]

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Waiter, there’s something in my… melktert!

November 27, 2007

Do you know the feeling when you know something is part of your heritage and you know you should like it… but you just don't?  Like my father growing up in the Afrikaner heartland of the Orange Free State province, but not liking braais.  Or a Scotsman who can't stand haggis.  Or me, growing up [...]

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