Pick n Pay Taste of Cape Town 2013

April 12, 2013 in Food events, Food shows

Tags: Food Events, Food show, Pick n Pay, Pick n Pay Taste of Cape Town, Pinkpolkadot, Taste of Cape Town

If you do not have a visit to the Pick n Pay Taste of Cape Town on your agenda for this weekend, you must immediately change your plans, since this is one event that cannot be missed.

We went last night and enjoyed it so much that we decided to go for a second time this weekend!

We had so much fun making canapés in the Pick n Pay workshop area!

We also attended some cooking demonstrations in the Chef’s theatre.

But the best of all was the food and we tried quite a number of restaurants fare and were very happy with all of them.

I am sharing a couple of photos and must apologize for the bad photography!

Philippe Frydman gave a demonstration on cooking fresh mussels:

Canapés making workshop:

Braised lamb breast, parmesan polenta and smoked tomato jus from Dash:

Tiger prawn and calamari breyani with citrus buchu flavours from Fyndraai:

Linguine with prawns, rocket and roasted pine nuts from II Leone Mastrntonio:

Crispy pork belly with homemade tomato chutney from 96 Winery Road

Parmesan and chorizo risotto from 96 Winery road:

This mushroom risotto was simply the best:

…and we bought loads of Lindt Chocolates!

For more pics visit http://www.food24.com/Multimedia/Chefs/Taste-of-Cape-Town-2013-20130412

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PinkPolkaDot’s hotdogs

April 11, 2013 in Baking, Lunch, Meals in minutes, Supper

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Tags: German sausages, hotdog recipe, Hotdogs, lunch, Meals in minutes, Pinkpolkadot, PinkPolkaDot’s hotdog recipe, recipe, red onions, supper

Most of you know that I have three children so I am not ashamed to tell you that I have made quite a few hotdogs in my life. My children forever wanted to invite friends over for sleepovers and making a dozen or two hotdogs are quick and easy and luckily most children loves hotdogs.

I believe every person should have a good hotdog “recipe” for those days that you are really feeling uninspired to make lunch or supper. These hotdogs also provides a good excuse to drink a beer or two!

For the hotdog “recipe” please visit PinkPolkaDotFood!

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Old-fashioned apricot jam pudding

April 10, 2013 in Baking, Dessert

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Tags: apricot jam, apricot jam pudding, baking, dessert, Old-fashioned apricot jam pudding, Old-fashioned apricot jam pudding recipe, Pinkpolkadot, pudding, pudding recipe, Sarie kos magazine

My mother used apricot jam quite often when she was cooking or baking. She had a whole repertoire of apricot jam recipes, from apricot jam biscuits to this apricot jam pudding.

Since this pudding needs to be baked twice, I do not make it often, but after reading Ziet’s post about slow cooking I decided it was time to make this comfort food again. It is a perfect dessert for the winter.

I got the idea of baking the pudding in enamel mugs in the Sarie Kos!

For the recipe, please visit PinkPolkaDotFood.

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The weekly menu

April 8, 2013 in Bacon, Baking, Beef, Braai, Chicken, Curry, Dessert, Meat, Meatless Mondays, Pork, Poultry, Seafood, Side Dish, Soup, Supper, Sweets, Weekly Meny

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Tags: bacon, baking, biscuits, Chicken, dessert, lamb, mains, Meat, mussels, pancakes, Pinkpolkadot, Pork dishes, seafood, shopping list, side dishes, stew, stews, The weekly meny, weekly menu, weekly menu with shopping list

I never had time over the Easter weekend to do a menu for the week, but at last here is one for this week! I do acknowledge the fact that some people did not find the last menu budget friendly, but my excuse is that it was Easter and my family and I regard Easter as very special, so I went overboard with some of the dishes on the menu.

To see some budget friendly meals please visit fellow-blogger Sous Chef’s blog. Most of her blog posts are budget friendly, and I am just going to “borrow” some of her food posts to include in the weekly menu in feature.

For Monday: Spicy butternut and orange soup with bread rolls

For Saturday: Buttery potato mash with beef burgundy

Dessert of the week: Apple filled pancakes with a caramel sauce

To see more of the weekly menu with a shopping list please visit PinkPolkaDotFood!

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In my kitchen in April 2013

April 7, 2013 in In my kitchen

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Tags: cherry guavas, decorating kit, decorating pen, Fig jam and lime cordial, IMK, In my kitchen, In my kitchen in April, Magazines, Pinkpolkadot

I find it very interesting to read what is happening in other blogger’s kitchens from around the world. This challenge was started by Celia of the blog Fig Jam and Lime Cordial. Show us what is in your kitchen and remember to inform Celia and to link back to her blog.

In my kitchen this month:

A decorating pen that can be used to decorate cakes, biscuits and plates:

The latest South African magazines, as always!

To read what more is happening in my kitchen please go to PinkPolkaDotFood!

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Chicken and chorizo in pita breads with pineapple coulis

April 5, 2013 in Chicken, Meals in minutes, Poultry

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Tags: Chicken, Chicken and chorizo in pita breads with pineapple coulis, chorizo, filling for pita breads, Meals in minutes, pineapple, pineapple coulis, pinkpolkadotfood, pita breads, recipe, recipe for chicken and chorizo filling for pita bread, supper

I love chicken and chorizo together. This meal is quick and easy to prepare, but it is still great on taste. My family absolutely love this.

For the recipe, please go to PinkPolkaDotFood.

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Answers to Friday Food Quiz number 80

April 1, 2013 in Food Quiz, Friday Food Quiz, The Food Quiz

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Tags: babka, bouchée, Easter, food, Food Quiz answers, Food Trivia answers, Friday Food Quiz number 80’s answers, pilaf, Pinkpolkadot, pomegranate, quenellas, steak tartare, vol-au-vent

The latest Food Quiz consisted mostly of Easter related Food Questions.

Please visit the following blogs for great answers on the quiz:

Tandy from Lavender and Lime,

View from the Side,

Colonialist

Angeliqueca from Pretty little thing, waiting for the King, in the jungle Room

To see my answers please visit PinkPolkaDotFood!

Pic sourced from the Internet.

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Almond Chocolate Cake

March 28, 2013 in Baking, Cake, Easter

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Tags: Almond Chocolate Cake, Almond Chocolate Cake recipe, Almonds, baking, Cake, chocolate, chocolate cake, chocolate cake recipe, Easter, Pinkpolkadot

I owned a coffee shop for a couple of years. Most of my regular customers and I became very good friends.

The one couple would visit the centre twice a week and the husband, an old Afrikaans professor would wait for his wife at the coffee shop whilst I had to keep him company. His wife gave this recipe to me and suggested I bake the cake for the coffee shop.

The recipe suggested that the cake should be dusted with icing sugar only but it never used to sell when I tried to present it like that so I started decorating it with chocolate ganache and fresh berries and my customers loved it. It is an expensive cake to bake, but is worthwhile for special occasions.

For the recipe please visit PinkPolkaDotFood.

I am wishing you all a wonderful and blessed Easter.

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Chocolate biscuits for Easter

March 26, 2013 in Baking, Biscuits, Easter

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Tags: baking, biscuits, chocolate, Chocolate biscuits, chocolate biscuits for Easter, Chocolate biscuits recipe, Easter, Pinkpolkadot

As a child I never liked any chocolate flavoured things and neither did I like chocolate spread. I tasted chocolate spread once and did not like it and I never bothered to try it again.

I recently told my children that I have never tasted Nutella and they were horrified. They “forced” me to taste it and now I am addicted!

These chocolate biscuits are perfect for Easter. I used my Letterpress cookie set (available from Yuppiechef) to cut these biscuits but any cookie press can be used!

For the recipe please visit PinkPolkaDotFood!

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Sweet Biscuits for Easter

March 25, 2013 in Baking, Biscuits

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Tags: baking, biscuit recipe, Easter biscuits, Fresh Living magazine, Home Magazine, Nutella, Pinkpolkadot, Soet koekies, Sweet biscuits, treats

I recently saw the idea for these cute little Easter biscuits in the latest edition of Home magazine. The biscuit recipe did not appeal to me so I made a batch of my Mother’s old-fashioned “soet koekies” (sweet biscuits) to create the same.

The biscuits are spread with Nutella. To see how to make your own Nutella buy a copy of the latest Fresh Living magazine.

For the recipe please go to PinkPolkaDotFood.

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Pick n Pay Taste of Cape Town 2013

PinkPolkaDot’s hotdogs

Old-fashioned apricot jam pudding

The weekly menu

In my kitchen in April 2013

Chicken and chorizo in pita breads with pineapple coulis

Answers to Friday Food Quiz number 80

Almond Chocolate Cake

Chocolate biscuits for Easter

Sweet Biscuits for Easter

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