Ricotta cheeses are produced from the whey remaining after the process of traditional cheese-making. A fresh cheese, ricotta is grainy and creamy white in appearance, slightly sweet in taste and contains only about 5% fat. It’s somewhat similar to cottage cheese variants in texture, although considerably lighter. Whey cheeses are for the most part used…
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Spanish Chorizo
Spanish Chorizo is a sausage made from coarsely chopped pork and pork fat, seasoned with salt, garlic, herbs and paprika – the latter giving it a smoky flavour and that rich red colour. There are hundreds of regional varieties in Spain, generally classed as either picante (spicy) or dulce (sweet) – depending on the type…
10 Baking Tips
Baking is so much fun but there is always room for improvement. Here are 10 baking tips to help you make even better cakes, biscuits and pastries. When baking with flour and other dry ingredients, use a sieve in order to get a smooth and lump-free consistency. It’s always a good idea to make a…
10 Cooking Tips
Improve your cooking skills and knowledge by following these great cooking tips. When you want to boil something, pre-boil the water in a kettle before pouring it into a pot on the stove. By doing this you save both energy and time. When cooking pasta or other food that tends to stick, use a teaspoon…
5 Practical Cake Decorating Tips
Cake decorating is a sugar art that uses icing and other edible decorative elements to make otherwise plain cakes more visually interesting. Alternatively, cakes can be molded and sculpted to resemble three-dimensional persons, places and things… But don’t worry, we’re not about to go into the complicated art of sophisticated cake decorating. We just want…
Herbs and Spices your Kitchen shouldn’t be Without
Herbs and spices have been around for years and years. In the old days herbs were used more often for medicinal than culinary purposes but today, however, cooking with herbs and spices allow us to be creative as they alone – or mixed together in a million different ways and means – always succeed in…
Braai in Style
A collection of hints for the braai as well as recipes for vegetables, meat and seafood. Sections on starters, side dishes, potjiekos, spitbraais and desserts round things off.
Cakes and Bakes: Over 80 Recipes for Delicious Home-made Bakes
From brownies and biscuits to tarts and gateaux, Cakes and Bakes provides you with a compact and complete guide to producing all your favourite treats.
Rachel’s Favourite Food at Home
Drawing on international influences, classic regional fare and good old family favourites, this essential guide provides creative options for every occasion.
Potjiekos Favourites
This book includes recipes for a variety of meat dishes, venison, poultry and seafood, appetising side dishes, vegetarian fare, mouth-watering puddings and crusty bread.
Italy Cooking Schools
You can never truly know Italy if you haven’t been among its people. Mama Margaret and Friends Cooking Adventures will take you to the true heart of Italy; to the people who will share the intimacies of their kitchens, cellars, favourite market places and their families with you. The company is a group of skilled…
How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking
This is a book about baking, but not a baking book – not in the sense of being a manual or a comprehensive guide or a map of a land you do not inhabit. I neither want to confine you to kitchen quarters nor even suggest that it might be desirable. But I do think…