Oxtail takes looong to make, so do this when you’ve got time to drink wine and chill at home with friends and family. You’ll Need: 4kg oxtail 4 onions – chopped 8 carrots – chopped cake flour salt and pepper olive oil good quality organic beef stock a fine red wine Maizena – about, Read More

Whenever you’re making dough from scratch, there are a couple of very important tricks to remember. The first? Keep it cold. Cold hands, cold butter, cold liquid … you get the picture. The second? Rest the dough. You do this to relax the gluten (the protein in flour which gives dough its elasticity) and, Read More

You’ll Need:
 1 cup sugar 2 large free range eggs – at room temperature 1 tablespoon smooth apricot jam 1 ¼ cups cake flour 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda a pinch of salt 2 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar ½ cup of milk muffin tray For the Glaze:
 1 cup cream 125g, Read More

  ‘The most important thing is that you taste the garden,’ says Franco. 90% of the ingredients in this recipe are not cooked but simply warmed through.  You’ll need per serving 1-2 handfuls of baby tomatoes – halved sprigs of torn oregano leaves sprigs of torn basil leaves chilli oil olive oil small handful, Read More

What you’ll need for the potjie: 2-3 kilograms Lamb Knuckles 1 onion finely chopped 3-4 garlic cloves chopped 2-3 leeks, cut into thin slices One tin of whole baby peeled tomatoes Punnet fresh whole baby tomatoes Dried sweet basil Dried Oregano Salt and pepper to taste 300-500ml organic beef stock Grated Pecorino or Parmesan, Read More

This is poached eggs…bundu style. For two people you’ll need:
 2 tin mugs 4 eggs This basic breakfast allows for fillings of your choice – from mushrooms and crispy bacon to cherry tomatoes and mature cheddar and everything in-between. Whatever combination gets you going! If it needs cooking (like bacon) make sure you do, Read More