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Quick Clemengold Sponge Puddings

October 10, 2012 in Baked & Beautiful, Desserts

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Imagine my delight when a box of sunshine was delivered to my door a couple of weeks ago, just at the tail end of winter. Sunshine you ask? Why yes, veritable little orbs of it, in the form of one of South Africa’s proudest fruits, the beautiful clemengold. This was t a box that was fat with endless possibilities. Clemengold curd, clemengold marmalade, clemonade, clemen-lime tarts, phew. First up? This not overly polished or serious but sublimely summery little sponge pudding. Enjoy. Read the rest of this entry →

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3 Minute Lemon Sponge Pudding

June 20, 2012 in Baked & Beautiful, Desserts

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Love lemony puds I do. And these? Well these are positively enchanting, not just because they have the added kick of the coconut; take an i-kid-you-not total of 3 minutes to go from gooey cakey mixure to pudding perfection, but also because the lemony-limey drizzle just rounds it all off til it sings. This just might be my new default dessert. And it’s also exquisite in its simplicity, so you can play around with different flavors all you like. The base of the pudding is really just a simple sponge cake mix with the ratio of 1:1:1 for butter-sugar-flour, with a couple of eggs added in and then whatever flavourings you like, the list is endless…

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Easter’s Dark Chocolate and Pear Tart

April 11, 2012 in Baked & Beautiful, Desserts

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Bizarrely (for some), I am not the biggest Easter egg fan, perhaps because of my general indifference towards chocolate. So that was never the exciting part of Easter weekend for me. It was more about the reason for the season, the roast lamb, and whatever came next. Put chocolate in the form of a tart though, and we find ourselves having a whole different conversation. And so it was that after our stuffed roast leg of lamb and creamy pea and mint risotto on Sunday – along with Robert’s not to be forgotten slow-roasted rosemary potatoes, this (gorgeously autumnal) little tart is what we enjoyed with a scoop of home made honey and toasted pecan nut ice cream (recipe to follow soon).

As renowned French chef Raymond Blanc so eloquently puts it, great food is about ‘Love, butter and good ingredients’ and I like to think of this as just that, all rolled into one. Read the rest of this entry →

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Fresh Fig and Vanilla Tart

March 28, 2012 in Baked & Beautiful, Desserts, Lazy Weekend Food

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Hello fair friends. It’s been a while. I hope you’ve been happily munching away on yummy bits and bobs like Smoked Salmon Tapas or Speedy Asian Beef Salad in my absence? I’ve been busy foraging for fresh fruit and veg, and having a Tarting old time. There’s something very special about cooking or baking with seasonal ingredients. In days gone by this was just the norm, now it seems to be very much a luxury. One that I try to indulge as often as time and money will allow. Read the rest of this entry →

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Rose´-poached Nectarines with Mascarpone

March 16, 2012 in Desserts, Lazy Weekend Food, Speedy Suppers, Vegetarian

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Fruit poached in wine and spices is just that, and yet it’s so much more. It always tastes like some kind of miracle the way the juices of the fruit ooze out so willingly and complement the sugared syrup of the wine and piquancy of the spices. It’s poetry to me. It’s also one of my favorite default desserts – you can poach figs, berries, pears, apples – the list is almost endless, and it’s the epitome of low maintenance. In this case it’s nectarines that take centre stage for an enchanting little post-dinner treat. Read the rest of this entry →

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Fig and Honey Crumble with Lavender and Coconut

March 2, 2012 in Baked & Beautiful, Desserts, Lazy Weekend Food, Speedy Suppers

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Figs! Having just come into season here in South Africa, they have been keeping me awake at night for far too long now. Fig crumble, honey roast chicken with figs and a gorgonzola and pecan nut salad, poached figs in a spicy red wine reduction with clotted cream – see what I mean? I have been relentlessly hounded by fig fantasies. And so it was with much delight that I received a little parcel of farm-fresh beauties last weekend from Rob’s chic and cheffy Aunty Sue in Stellenbosch and couldn’t wait to put them to work. This crumble was made all the more delicious by the fact that it turned up at our dinner table on the eve of my book launch, and so was shared with my Mum and friend Jenna who were both in town to share in the fun. So now I am happy to share with you a humble little fig crumble that will have you swooning. Read the rest of this entry →

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