Rooibos Milk Tarts

Serves 8 portions in bowls

Ingredients (filling)

  • 1L full cream milk
  • 60 ml Butter
  • 4 rooibos sachets
  • ¾ cup white sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 60 ml cornstarch
  • 60 ml cake flour
  • pinch of salt
  • 5 ml vanilla essence
  • Cinnamon to decorate

Ingredients (crust)

  • 4 cups Tennis Biscuits
  • ½ cup White sugar
  • 80ml Melted Butter

Method (crust)

  1. Crush the biscuits, mix in the sugar. Combine well, pour into small glass jars and set aside.

Method (filling)

  1. In a medium-sized pot, boil the milk, rooibos and butter over medium heat until boiling point. Pour through a sieve.
  2. Whisk the eggs and sugar together, until white and foamy.
  3. Make a paste with the corn starch, flour, salt and vanilla essence and add to the egg mixture. (use some water to make the paste).
  4. Whisk in some of the milk mixture to the egg mixture, then whisk in the egg mixture to the milk mixture, place back on the stove and stir until starting to boil very fast. Switch off the heat, close the pot with a lid and leave to stand for 5 min.
  5. Pour the filling into the prepared glass jars and place it in the fridge.
  6. Sprinkle with cinnamon and serve.
Rooibos Milk Tart Recipe

Peppermint Crisp Tart from Heaven

Makes one 22cm square tart

Ingredients

  • 2 packets of coconut biscuits (Tennis biscuits)
  • 1 Tin Caramel Treat
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 500ml Orley Whip or Cream
  • 150g Peppermint Crisp slab

Method

  1. In a medium-sized bowl, whisk the Orley Whip or cream to form stiff peaks. In another bowl, mix together the caramel and lemon juice until smooth.
  2. Add the Orley Whip/cream to the caramel mixture and combine well until no Orley Whip or cream is visible.
  3. Starting with the biscuits, add a layer to the bottom of your bowl, then add the caramel and cream mixture, place another layer of biscuits and caramel, and continue until the mixture is finished. End with caramel on top.
  4. Crush the chocolate slab into fine crumbs, and sprinkle on top of the tart.
  5. Refrigerate for 3 hours, making sure the caramel mixture is set.

Serve cold.

Peppermint Crisp Tart Recipe
Peppermint Crisp Tart Recipe

Beef Wraps

Serves 10 – 12

Ingredients

For the Beef

  • 1kg beef stroganoff
  • 1 ½ tsp Black pepper
  • 4 Tbsp Soy sauce
  • 2 tsp crushed garlic
  • 2 tsp Ginger powder
  • 4 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp Paprika
  • 2 cups BBQ sauce
  • 2 tsp Salt

The Wraps

  • 10 Tortilla Wraps
  • 3 cups Mozzarella cheese
  • 3 cups cheddar cheese
  • 3 cups Mayonnaise
  • 1 ½ cup sweet chilli sauce

For the vegetables

  • 1 onion, thinly sliced
  • 2 carrots, peeled and julienned
  • 1 red pepper, thinly sliced
  • 1 Green pepper, thinly sliced
  • 1 tbsp crushed garlic
  • 2 tbsp vegetable spice
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper

Method

Use a griddle pan to grill the wraps by just giving them some black stripes.

For the beef

  1. Mix the marinade ingredients and add in the beef strips. Place in fridge for 1 hour.
  2. In a large non-stick pan coated with cooking oil, sauté the beef strips and marinade juices until meat is no longer pink. Do not overcook the strips. Set aside.

For the Vegetables

  1. In a large pan heat some olive oil and add all vegetables to the pan. Add all the spices, salt and pepper and sauté till cooked but not overcooked.
  2. Remove from pan and set aside. Mix with the beef strips

Assembly

  1. Place a spoon full of the Mayonnaise sauce on the one edge of the wrap.
  2. Start with putting some cheese on the sauce. Put on some of the beef and vegetable mix
  3. Folding from the outside in, close the wraps on the sides. The take the end side where the filling is and start rolling it till you reach the other edge of the wrap, take some sauce to brush on the side so the wrap can stick.
  4. Put in a baking tray and put in the oven for 10 min to just let the cheese melt.
  5. Cut in halve or snack size bites and serve.
Beef Wraps

Teriyaki Chicken Bowl

Serves 8 – 10

Ingredients

Teriyaki sauce

  • 180 cup soy sauce
  • 180ml cup water
  • 4 ½ Tbsp packed light-brown sugar
  • 4 ½ Tbsp honey
  • 1 ½   Tbsp crushed garlic
  • 3 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 ½ Tbsp rice vinegar
  • 2 ½ Tbsp cornstarch

Chicken and veggies

  • 10 Tbsp olive oil, divided, plus more for brushing grill
  • 3kg chicken breasts
  • Ground black pepper
  • 6 medium zucchinis, diced into half-moons and quartered (1 1/2 cups)
  • 4 ½ cups matchstick carrots
  • 6 cups small diced broccoli florets
  • Sesame seeds

Method

For the teriyaki sauce:

  1. In a small saucepan whisk together low-sodium soy sauce, 1 cup of the water, the brown sugar, honey, garlic, ginger and rice vinegar. Bring mixture to a light boil over medium-high heat.
  2. Whisk together cornstarch with remaining ½ cup water, then add to sauce mixture in saucepan. Reduce heat slightly and allow to boil 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, set aside.

For the chicken:

  1. Brush both sides of chicken with 5 Tbsp of olive oil and season pepper (you won’t need salt since the teriyaki sauce is plenty salty). Preheat a grill pan.
  2. Brush grill grates lightly with oil then grill chicken until char marks are shown, about 4 minutes per side. Remove and let rest 5 minutes then dice into cubes.

For the veggies:

  1. Heat remaining olive oil in a sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add zucchini, broccoli and carrots and sauté for 4 – 5 minutes until crisp-tender.

To assemble bowls:

Layer 1/4 of the chicken and 1/4 of the veggies in a bowl. Drizzle desired amount of teriyaki sauce over top, sprinkle with sesame seeds. Serve warm.

Teriyaki Chicken Bowl

Sweet and Sour Pork Kebabs

Serves 6

Ingredients

  • 1 kg Pork Loin, cut in 3x3cm pieces
  • 1 Red pepper, in cubes
  • 1 pineapple, in cubes
  • Pickled onions

Marinade

  • 2 cups apricot jam
  • ½ cup lemon juice
  • ½ cup soya sauce
  • 2 tbsp crushed garlic
  • 1 tbsp paprika
  • ¼ cup fresh chopped thyme
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp freshly coarse black pepper

Method

Pork Skewers

  1. Assemble the skewers by starting with the pork, pickled onion, pork, pineapple, pork, red pepper, pork.
  2. Combine all the marinade ingredients till you have a smooth texture of liquid juice.
  3. Pour the marinade over the pork kebabs and left to rest in the fridge for 3-4 hours.
  4. Heat a griddle pan or the braai till smoking hot. Place kebabs in and sear the kebabs on both sides, about 2-3 minutes on each side. If you braai them, you can cook them completely on the braai. Baste the kebabs with the marinade while braaing them.
  5. Place the seared pork kebabs in an ovenproof pan, and pour over the sauce.
  6. Bake in the oven till done 15-20 minutes.
  7. Serve with some of the sauce brushed over the kebabs.

Note: Do not cut the peppers and pineapple too small or too big. Nice bite sizes.

Sweet and Sour Pork Kebabs
Sweet and Sour Pork Kebabs

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