It can be difficult to get your risotto to the perfect oozy consistency but with these handy tips and this delicious recipe for wild mushroom and lemon risotto, you shouldn’t be too far off. Ingredients (serves 4-6): 30g dried mushrooms...
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Italian cooking is synonymous with three foods; pizza, pasta and risotto. Of these three, risotto is my firm favourite but just how do you get that perfect ‘oozy’ consistency? Here are my top tips. 1. Temperature It’s all about the temperature,...
Great news for all you Jo’burgers out there: the Neighbourgoods Market is now open in the hustle and bustle of Braamfontein. Yes, it’s true. Justin Rhodes and Cameron Munro, the folk behind the Neighbourgoods Market in Cape Town’s Biscuit Mill,...
There’s nothing more delicious on a Sunday morning than the breakfast of all breakfasts, eggs benedict. If you’re a little tentative about making the hollandaise sauce or poaching the eggs, don’t fret. Here’s an easy recipe for the sauce and these handy little poach pods...
When I think of hollandaise, I think of the 1980s – jelly moulds, layered salads, Delia Smith. But hollandaise is still celebrated today – it’s stood the test of time and come out tops. Hollandaise: A velvety smooth sauce of...
I love tortillas. Making your own tortillas is a great money-saving option and they can make supper a whole lot easier for busy people too. Ingredients (for two tortilla wraps): 1/4 large butternut (300-400g, diced) 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper Dash of olive...
A week or so ago, Charles De Winnaar asked Yuppiechef on facebook for a whole wheat tortilla recipe. As one of their ‘guinea-chefs’, I tried out a few recipes and here’s a winner. Charles and all tortilla lovers out there,...
In the name of making things simpler, better and faster – I’ve decided to invest in a good knife collection. You can do more and be more precise with they way in which you cook. It has been said that...
Looks good, right? The joyful news is it’s really easy. The most important element, is the fresh fish – my carpaccio is made using Yellowtail and Salmon. Both of these fish are on SASSI’s green list, so you can enjoy...
I love fish – FRESH fish, because sadly most of the fish in supermarkets sold as ‘fresh’ have been frozen time and time again. There are very few supermarkets that stock truly fresh fish, so I support a local fish...
