I love ricotta! It is such a handy ingreditent to have on hand. Baked ricotta is great chopped up in salads, my personal favourite is a roast pumpkin, ricotta and baby spinach salad with sundried tomatoes. This basic recipe can also be used as a layer in lasagne instead of white sauce or to stuff [...]
Mexican food is “flavour of the month” right now, with new Mexican restaurants popping up all over the country. Now you can make your own tacos, wraps and burritos at home, using an exclusive range of authentic El Rancho tortillas, imported from California and now available from Cuisinescene. Up till now these top quality tortillas [...]
This is one of those basics everyone should have in their recipe repertoire. Aioli, or garlic mayonnaise, will keep for weeks in an airtight container in the fridge and it perfect with chips, on sandwiches, burgers, and in salads. Mix it with pesto for a great pasta salad. Add gherkins and capers for a homemade [...]
3 red onions, cut in half and sliced 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 tspn of both yellow and black mustard seeds Olive oil 2 kgs of tomatoes, peeled* Cinnamon stick 1 Tblspn salt 2 cups brown sugar 1&1/2 cups malt vinegar ½ tspn of paprika and ground ginger ¼ tspn of ground cloves In [...]
If you’re never quite sure what to do with all the persimmons around at the moment other than peeling them and eating them then try this very easy but very delicious chutney. And here’s the recipe… (courtesy of James Broad, Cuisine Concepts). Persimmon chutney 2 kilograms ripe persimmon, peeled, stones removed and roughly chopped. 2 [...]