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Snoek is a fish found off the waters of Cape Town. It has a distinctive sea taste to it and is loved by all South Africans. If you cannot get any Snoek then you can replace it with smoked Hadock for this dish.

Ingredients

250g smoked Snoek

250g cream cheese

15ml (1 Tablespoon) lemon juice

Pinch of Ginger powder

10 ml [...]

Peri-Peri Chicken Livers are probably my all time favorite Friday night snack, Quick to make and superbly tasty

 
1 large onion — chopped2 tablespoons vegetable oil1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper or peri-peri powder250 grams chicken livers, cleaned and halved1 tablespoon brandysalt and pepper

 
Saute the onion in the oil. Add the cayenne pepper or peri-peri. Add the chicken [...]

The US is the world’s largest wine consumer market so it is terrific news for South Africa that a growing segment of US wine drinkers have taken a liking to the style of Cabernet Sauvignon produced by the country’s top winemakers.

Although oxtails are being used for much more than soup or stew nowadays, long, slow braising in a liquid is the preferred method to derive a tender result while drawing maximum flavor from what is pretty much all bones. Plan on a long cooking time. Oxtails work particularly well in crockpots and pressure cookers.

As a child growing up in the South African Winters we were made to eat good old fashioned Tomato Bredie, and I will be honest with you, as a child I hated even the sound of cooked Tomatoes. Thankfully age has brought me around, and this is one of my best winter dishes of all [...]

Bobotie is a South African dish consisting of spiced minced meat baked with an egg-based topping. The recipe probably originates from the Dutch East India Company colonies in Batavia, with the name derived from the Indonesian Bobotok. It is also made with curry powder leaving it with a slight “tang”.

It is a dish of some [...]

I have worked for Multi Nationals my whole life, and have been very fortunate to live and work in a number of countries. What that has also meant is that I had a number of international visitors to the Shores of Sunny South Africa over the years too. This recipe always seems to get them. [...]

Spaghetti recipe is a well known dish from Italy. There are tons of easy ways to eat your spaghetti. Here are below the 2 most common ways to have your home made spaghetti. These also can be found in great restaurants around the world. Here are these secrets of favorites Spaghetti recipe.

 
Adriatic Spaghetti Recipe

 
Ingredients:

1 Bay [...]

Bunny chow is a slang term for a South African fast food consisting of a hollowed out loaf of bread filled with curry.

It was created in Durban, during the 1940s, home to a large community of people of Indian origin. The dish was developed while apartheid was still in effect, but the precise origins of the food are disputed.

I worked for Multi Nationals my whole life, and have been very fortunate to live and work in a number of countries. What that has also meant is that I had a number of international visitors to the Shores of Sunny South Africa over the years too. This recipe always seems to get them. Go into any South African Restaurant that serves meat dishes and you will be sure to find Monkey Gland Sauce on the menu, right next to Blue Cheese & Vodka, Mushroom, Pepper sauce Etc.