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Chocolate Cheesecake with Raspberries
Baking a cake for a friend's birthday is a special task and not one you want to fail at. This recipe is incredibly easy and straightforward and takes next to no time to prep.
If...
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How To Make Smoorsnoek
Growing up in the Free State and visiting our Cape relatives during school holidays, I was always struck by the sheer exoticism of the people down south. The Cape air smelled damp and salty....
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Perfect Cured Salmon: The #1 Gravlax Recipe
The best way to learn to make something perfectly is to put it on a catering menu in such large quantities that you can't afford to fail. While I wouldn't necessarily recommend this method...
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How to Make Perfect Baked Spiced Quinces
Quince trees were a dime a dozen in the backyards of the little Freestate dorp I grew up in, except ours, for some reason. My mom had a sizeable backyard orchard with apricots, plums,...
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How to Make Perfect Slow-roasted Shoulder of Lamb
The first step to making a meltingly tender, fall-off-the-bone lamb shoulder is obvious: find a decent butcher, who won't sell you feedlot lamb. This recipe relies on minimal seasoning and precious little effort from...
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Ouma Hettie se Plaatkoekies – best breakfast pancake recipe ever
Plaatkoekies are the boerekos version of American breakfast pancakes. Except they are about a million times better, of course, and we don't have them only for breakfast, but for brunch, teatime and supper too. In...
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The best bobotie ever!
The best bobotie ever...that I made myself.
Of course many other boboties exist, many of them are spectacularly good, but this recipe comes from my sister-in-law and it's truly the best I've ever made. Yet.
Because...
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How to make Ricotta at home
A while ago I gave a recipe for raisin bread toast with honey figs and ricotta, and promised a post on making ricotta. It really couldn't be easier and since it's not always to...
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