28.10.10

Dom Pedro Recipe





Ingredients:


60 ml whiskey or Kahlua
1 cup vanilla ice cream
Dollop of Cream
Chocolate Sauce for decoration and a hint of chocolate flavour


Method:


Put all ingredients into a blender.
Blend until smooth.
Squirt the chocolate sauce around the glass.
Pour into a tall glass with a straw.

Braai/BBQ Sauce Recipe

Ingredients:
1 cup All Gold Tomato Sauce
50ml Worcestershire Sauce
50ml Mrs Ball Original Chutney, but Hot, Extra Hot and Chilli will give your sauce a bit of a kick
1 tsp Aromat
1 tsp Safari Vinegar
1 cup water
Salt and pepper to taste

Use this sauce to marinate your chicken, ribs, lamb or steak before putting your meat on the braai.

27.10.10

African Spice Cocktail

Ingredients:

50ml African Mishale Brandy
10ml fresh lime juice
2 spoons of Vanilla Sugar or 10ml Vanilla Syrup
80ml Fresh Apple Juice
Dash of Stony Ginger Beer
Ice

Shake with ice and strain into an ice filled highball glass.
Top up with a dash of ginger beer.

25.10.10

Springbok Shots / Springbokkies




Ingredients:

1 part Creme de Menthe
1 part Irish Cream

Directions:

Pour one part Creme de Menthe into a shot glass;
Slowly add Irish Cream (or Amarula, Cape Velvet Cream, Baileys) to shot glass, using the back of a spoon to ensure that liqueurs don't mix.

Bushman's Balls / Sowetan Long Drop

Ingredients:
15ml Banana Liqueur
15ml Wild Africa Cream / Cape Velvet Cream / Amarula
2 Drops Nachtmusiek Chocolate Liqueur
Shot Glass

Instructions:
Pour the banana liqueur into a shot glass
Layer the Cape Velvet cream liqueur on top
Add two drops of Nachtmusiek or other chocolate liqueur on top of the Cape Velvet cream liqueur, and serve

Wild Africa Creme Brulee

Wild Africa Creme Brulee




Ingredients:

65ml Wild Africa Cream
330ml cream
5 egg yolks
50g sugar

Instructions:
Heat the cream over moderate heat to just below boiling and remove from heat.
In another bowl whisk together the yolks, sugar and Wild Africa Cream until the sugar has dissolved.
Pour the warm cream over the mixture and quickly stir together so as not to cook the egg.
Gently pour the mixture into six individual moulds and place in a bain-marie of water and bake at 120°C for 25 minutes.
Remove and chill.
Directly before serving lightly and evenly sprinkle brown sugar on top and lightly glaze under the grill or use a flame torch.

Yellow Rice Recipe

Ingredients

1 cup long grain white rice

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 teaspoons ground turmeric

3 tablespoons white sugar

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 cup dark seedless raisins

1 tablespoon butter

2 1/2 cups water

Method

1. In a saucepan, combine the rice, salt, turmeric, sugar, cinnamon, raisins, butter and water. Bring to a boil uncovered.

2. When it comes to a boil, reduce the heat to low, cover and let it simmer for 20 to 30 minutes, or until rice is fluffy and water has been absorbed.

3. Remove from the heat and fluff with a fork. Keep warm until serving time.

Mieliebrood Recipe



Mieliebrood

Ingredients:
1 cup white cornmeal
1 cup cake flour
1/2 cup sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 pinch salt
3 eggs
1 cup milk
3 tablespoons cooking oil
1 can cream-style sweet corn

Method:
1. Sift together cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
2. Beat eggs, milk and oil together very well and add to dry ingredients.
3. Stir in sweetcorn.
4. Bake at 350F for 1 hour (Check at 50 minutes).

Garlic Marinade Recipe


sent in by Linda Fijac
Ingredients
60ml salad oil
30ml maggi seasoning/aromat
25ml tomato sauce
12,5ml vinegar
1ml pepper
2 cloves crushed garlic

Mix all ingredients together and marinate meat.

Banana Loaf

Ingredients:

100 g butter
1 cup sugar
2 well beaten eggs
4 Tablespoons sour milk (or add 1t vinegar to milk)
1 teaspoon sodium bicarbonate
1 ¾ cups Snowflake Cake Flour
2 teaspoons Baking powder
pinch of salt
few drops vanilla essence
1 cup very ripe (brown) bananas

Method:
Cream butter and sugar
Add eggs
Add vanilla and banana
A. Dissolve bicarb in milk
B. Sift flour, BP and salt
Fold in (A) and (B) alternately.
Bake at 180°C (350F) for 50 minutes.

South African Crunchies

Ingredients

1 cup sugar (250ml)

1 cup marg (240g)

2 cups Oats (500ml)

1 3/4 cups coconut (400ml)

2 cups Flour (500ml)

2 Tablespoons Golden Syrup

2 Tablespoons boiling water

1 teaspoon sodium bicarbonate

Method

Cream butter and sugar well.

Beat in Golden Syrup

Blend coconut into creamy mixture.

Mix oats and flour and add to mixture.

Dissolve bicarb in boiling water and blend into dough.

Press into greased oven dish.

Bake 275F degrees for 45 minutes.

Malva Pudding

Ingredients

250 ml sugar

1 large egg

15 ml soft butter

60 ml smooth apricot jam

250 ml cake flour

5 ml bicarbonate of soda

1 ml salt

250 ml milk

10 ml vinegar

10 ml vanilla essence

Sauce

250 ml cream or evaporated milk

100 g unsalted butter

125 ml sugar

60 ml hot water

Method

Preheat oven to 180°C (350F)
In a bowl beat sugar,egg,butter and jam until pale and fluffy.
Sift flour,bicarb of soda and salt into a bowl.
Mix milk,vinegar and vanilla essence.
Fold flour mixture and milk mixture alternatively into egg mixture.
Pour into a buttered large baking dish,cover with foil,shiny side down.
Bake for 45-50 minutes until firm,or until a skewer inserted in centre comes out clean.
Remove foil 10 minutes before end of baking time to allow pudding to brown on top.
------------Sauce---------------.
Combine ingredients in a saucepan.
Heat stirring,until butter melts and sugar is disolved.
Pour over hot Pudding.
Serve with whipped cream.

Peppermint Crisp Tart

Peppermint Crisp Tart

Ingredients

375g / 1 tin caramelised condensed milk (Caramel Treat)

2 x 200g packets tennis biscuits

4 peppermint crisps – grated

Method

Line dish with layer of biscuits
Whip cream until it is just starting to thicken
Add caramel and mix
Add peppermint crisp and mix
Place half of mixture on biscuit layer
Layer more biscuits
Cover with other half of mixture
Sprinkle with tennis biscuit crumbs
Cover with cling film and place in fridge overnight


Milktart

(Makes 2)

Ingredients for crust

2 cups flour

1 egg

2 t BP

½ cup butter (125ml)

½ cup sugar (125ml)

pinch salt

Method

Cream butter and sugar well, add beaten egg.

Sift in flour, BP and salt.

Mix until like dry breadcrumbs.

Press into sandwich cake pans and bake in oven at 200°C (400F) until golden brown.

Ingredients for tart filling

4 cups milk (1Litre)

3 eggs

3 dessertspoons butter

pinch of salt

1 cup sugar (250ml)

3 Tablespoons flour

3 Tablespoons cornflour

ground cinnamon to sprinkle on top

Method

Boil milk and butter

Mix dry ingredients well

Add beaten eggs.

When milk boils, quickly add egg mixture.

Allow to thicken and boil for a few minutes, stirring all the time.

Pour into baked shell immediately and sprinkle with ground cinnamon.

Container Arrival

Our container arrived last Tuesday and after much nonsense from the authorities, it has finally been released. We have it booked for midday delivery on Tuesday 26 October. That means that the stock will be on the shelves on Wednesday.

There are a few new lines and a good few returning ones:
Messaris Bubbles - now there's a line for us Capies to munch on for the Sharks thrashing
Nandos Sauces
Mince Mates