Here is the recipe for sourdough hot cross buns which I promised on my Instagram Page. If you don’t have a sour dough starter, you can follow the instructions to start one here. Step-by-step Sourdough For my basic bread, water and salt sourdough recipe click here. Baking bread with sourdough. Sourdough Hot Cross Buns Ingredients:…
For the past week I have explained the process of making your own sourdough starter on my Instagram and Facebook Pages. It was so exciting to go through the process with other people and troubleshooting issues and watching the starters become active. As I have explained in one of my posts, I have a starter…
I found the fruits of the Wild Date Palm or Phoenix reclinata at the Inhassoro market. At first, I did not know what they were, although I suspected it was Dates. Some staff members working on the farm with us and some tree books confirmed it and someone was kind enough to bring me a whole…
Putting healthy and chocolate cake in the same sentence is a bit bizarre, but as far as a chocolate cake could be healthy and delicious at the same time, this one ticks the boxes. I took a recipe from my old stick-it-together recipe book and adjusted the ingredients to create a low-carb cake. I have…
I love experimenting with ways to serve food, especially South African Venison. This is what came out this weekend. This recipe serves two, so you can adjust accordingly or make smaller portions for starters. What you need for the meat: 2 Impala or Springbuck tenderloins Worcester Sauce (If you are eating low-carb, like we are,…
Today, with lunch we were celebrating with some guests. I packed a cheeseboard to go with the lunch, which is something I love doing. Cheeseboards are like a work of art and colour. I like to add at least three different cheeses, but the more you add the better. Today I added a Roquefort, a Pecorini with a nutty…
Today I made up a recipe for cookies with common ingredients in low carb/high fat cookies. After I made them, I put them in the refrigerator to set and went shopping. Shopping takes some time, since the closest decent grocer is 60km away. Nevertheless, when I came back and wanted to photograph the cookies, there…
My post about the Tarragon yesterday inspired this recipe. Purple Onion, Butternut & Tarragon Omelette Ingredients: Eggs to make the omelettes 1/2 Purple onion, sliced 1/4 of a small butternut, diced into small blocks 4 Strips of shoulder bacon, diced into small blocks 2 twigs of fresh tarragon Mascarpone style cream cheese Salt & Pepper to…
