Its Winter: have soup! July 1, 2010

It may be apparent that I have not posted anything for over a year. I may have been in prison or hiking in the Andes or tripping through Italy starved and broke only to be rescued by an Italian grandmother who took me under her wing(bosom) and shared with me the secret of Italian Food [...]

UMAMI…….thumbs up! December 18, 2008

Last week I had the wonderful pleasure of joining best mate Andrew Flavell and his parents along with Andrew’s girlfriend Carrie to the Umami restaurant, situated in the lovely Dunkirk Estate in Salt rock up the north coast of KZN. You could say I was the third wheel or in this case the fifth wheel. [...]

Fish in foil, with a butternut salsa vibe! September 23, 2008

Fish in Foil: spread a good sheet length of foil out on a flat surface, now place the portions of fish in the middle, I used frozen hake. Now add a cracked garlic clove, a whole chilli split down the middle and about two slithers of a lemon rind, salt papper and a knob of [...]

Lamb Chops with Mustard seed rub! September 11, 2008

Okay,  in a pestle and mortar crush and crack: some mustard seeds black peppercorns garlic and a little bit of ginger Paprika rosemary salt ands some olive oil now with this paste, or wet rub, smeer all over the chops spreading evenly. Smack them under a hot grill, making sure both sides get a good [...]

Mazavaroo! August 31, 2008

So if you like putting hot stuff on to just about anything you eat; make this, try this and you will be making more of this mkay! A lot of green chillies, about three good handfuls- and chop it up really well, seeds and all good chunks of chopped up garlic grate a small nugget [...]

Hey man!…How bout a quarter loaf Bunny? August 6, 2008

Being a Natal boy, I grew up surrounded by a rich Indian culture ( Durban has the largest Indain population outside of Indai in the world). So Curries, samoosas and hot spicy food quickly became a favourite for my taste buds. I have awesome memories of going to the “Bombay Curry Den-‘you only know, til [...]

Chicken Liver Pate June 18, 2008

A few weeks back I tried my hand at making Chicken Liver Pate. Despite being really cheap and easy to make, it came out really well and was flattened instantly by digs mates. I have since made it again and urge anyone to have ago. PREP: Chicken Livers and some Bacon Chopped Onion, Carrots, Leeks, [...]

Balsamic Butternut Treacle Skins February 27, 2008

This is something I came up with after deciding not to throw the Butternut skins away after I had peeled the veg. and whats in it? Butternut Skins – cut up into different shapes and sizes Finely diced Onion Butter, Treacle sugar, Cinnamon, Balsamic Vinegar Finely chopped Chilli and Chives Saute the Skins and the [...]

Creamy Tomato Fish Risotto November 29, 2007

On the verge of going to visit an Italian friend of mine, I decided to try my hand at a Risotto last night. It worked way better than I expected and I will be making many more from now on. WHAT YOU NEED: Risotto rice Olive oil Garlic, Ginger and Spring Onions small Tomato paste [...]

Baby Spinach, Crumbed butternut and Creamy White Sauce! July 17, 2007

Well for a vegetarian dish it doesn’t get much better than this… It has everything you want in a meal. From the awesome textures of the crumbed Butternut to the silky smooth White sauce. Its flavours are clean and wholesome at the same time, and leaves you not too full but just right. WHAT YOU [...]