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Soda Bread WHAT YOU NEED (Makes 1 Loaf) ½ cup fresh medjool dates (roughly chopped) ½ cup pecan nuts or walnuts (roughly chopped) 4 cups

Flapjacks WHAT YOU NEED FOR THE FLAPJACKS 1 cup cake flour 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 egg 1 cup milk 1 tablespoon

Three Cheese Braaibroodjie dipped in Cheese Sauce WHAT YOU NEED (Makes 6) 12 bread slices  butter or olive oil  1 tot mustard 1 tot mayonnaise

To be able to prepare proper bread dough and bake roosterkoek over the coals of a fire is a huge step in the development of civilisation and in a person’s life. This is a skill that you will never unlearn and that will stay with you forever. It will create many years of fun and good eating times for you and those around you.

Use a griddle pan to create the waffle look, if you only have a flat surface you can just call them flap jacks. It will still taste great!

Making the dough for pot bread is slightly easier than making the dough for roosterkoek as it’s not such an issue if you add a little bit too much water. The bread is baked in a pot and the dough is going nowhere, unlike a runny roosterkoek that will sink through the grid. Baking bread in a pot comes at a price though as you cannot see what is going on so burning the bread is a great risk.

Two of the most popular side dishes to the South African braai are the traditional braaibroodjieand a Greek salad. They usually meet on the plate. But then I decided to rather let some of the ingredients meet a bit earlier. It was a very successful meeting. These braaibroodjies are quite bulky and need to be braaied with care. Best practice is to use a hinged grid of adjustable width.

During the filming of this episode we used local produce from Prins Albert. Made sure you use good quality ingredients to have the best braaibroodjie!

To be able to prepare proper bread dough and bake roosterkoek over the coals of a fire is a huge step in the development of civilisation and in a person’s life. This is a skill that you will never unlearn and that will stay with you forever. It will create many years of fun and good eating times for you and those around you.