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Total Time: 3 hr 20 min Prep: 20 min Cook: 3 hr Yield: 4 servings Level: Easy Ingredients 2 small or 1 large boiling or roasting chicken 1 unpeeled onion, halved 1 rib celery 2 carrots, peeled and chunked A few stalks parsley A few peppercorns 2 bay leaves 1 tablespoon salt Matzo Balls: 1 […]

This is a great throw-together dish for when your cupboards and fridge are erring on the empty side. The pancetta, pecorino and thyme will infuse your soup with a great depth of flavour, while the lentils and pasta will ensure no-one walks away hungry! SERVES: 8 PREPARATION: 10MIN COOKING: 45MIN SKILL LEVEL: EASY Ingredients 3 […]

Ingredients   SHORTCRUST PASTRY 500 ml (280 g) Snowflake cake flour 2 ml salt 200 g cold butter 15 ml castor sugar (optional) 1 extra-large egg yolk About 20 ml ice cold water 5 ml fresh lemon juice FILLING 60 ml green curry paste 30 ml sugar 6 (about 750 g) chicken breast fillets, cut […]

Ingredients 500-600g rump steak, scotch fillet or topside ,Jardim’s steak and Prego salt to taste 20 ml olive oil 20g butter 2 bay leaves 4 cloves garlic, pressed 125ml white wine  Piri-Piri chillies 4 Portuguese rolls, buttered.        Method: Slice the meat thinly.  Season. Heat the oil, , garlic and bay leaf in a pan. Remove garlic and bay […]

Makes about 3 dozen sandwich cookies Ingredients 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature 1 ½ cups icing sugar, sifted, plus extra for dusting 4 large egg yolks 1 tsp finely grated lemon zest 1 tsp vanilla extract ¼ tsp almond extract ¾ cup ground almonds 3 cups cake & pastry flour ¼ tsp baking […]

  Follow @BuildersFan In episode 9 of Home Made Easy we make our way in and around the kitchen. From mouth-watering culinary pot recipes, to a mini kitchen makeover… Gardening       Save

Nothing beats the taste of lobster cooked in seawater.  Learn how to make your own Seawater Lobster, and how that lobster can quickly become a sumptuous Lobster Corn Chowder.  See how a Vegetarian Chili becomes a Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie with Vegetarian Chili with Sweet Potato, and you’ll never miss the meat!  Join Chef Michael Smith as he goes back to basics […]

Gloria Bastos is joined by Belinda Kangwa of Scrap Book direct and she’ll be sharing interesting techniques of card making. First, she introduces us to the iris technique and makes a card with a 3D effect and then later shows how to make a gift cracker that you can re-use. Scrapbook DirectBelinda KangwaTel: 012 347 […]