THE BIG BURGER

Beef, Recipes

You only live once and might as well go full throttle. This is a single-serving burger, for special people on special occasions. We’re converting half a kilogram of pure-beef mince into four bespoke hamburger patties. They are sealed on a grid over very hot coals and then basted on both sides. Cheese goes onto each hot patty as they come ...

CORN BREAD

Bread, Recipes

Ingredients 1 tot olive oil or 1 tot melted butter 2 cups white bread or cake flour 2 cups maize meal 1 tot baking powder ½ tot salt 1 fresh corn cob (slice the kernels off the cob) 1 tin(400g) creamed corn 2 eggs 1 cup milk Method Use olive oil or butter and properly grease the insides of your ...

COLESLAW WITH VINEGAR

Recipes, Vegetarian

Vinegar-based coleslaw is the classic side dish to braaied pork. So you, as a complete braaier, need to know this recipe. I prefer to use a mixture of red and green cabbage for a bit of colour on the plate Ingredients 3 tots red wine vinegar 1 tot sugar 1 tsp salt ½ tsp black pepper 1 tsp mustard 1 ...
Jan Braai Potato Salad

JAN BRAAI POTATO SALAD

Recipes, Vegetarian

This potato salad is pretty gourmet; if you’re going to eat salad you might as well make it properly. The photo on the opposite page shows the radish slices with the green bits still on but you have to cut them ofwhen making the salad. Ingredients 1 kg potatoes 1 medium-sized onion (chopped) 1 tot cider vinegar ½ tot mustard ...

JERK CHICKEN

Chicken, Recipes

Ingredients For the marinade: 1 onion, chopped 2 garlic cloves, chopped and crushed 1/2 tot dried thyme 5 allspice berries 1 chilli 1 tot chinese 5 spice mixture 1 teaspoon salt 2 tots soya sauce 2 tots olive oil 8 - 12 chicken pieces like drumsticks, thighs and wings Method Place all the ingredients for the marinade in a blender, ...

CHICAGO STYLE DEEP DISH POTJIE PIZZA

Bread, Recipes

Ingredients For the dough: 1 cup (250ml) cake flour 2 teaspoons (10 ml) sugar 1 teaspoon (5 ml) salt 1 packet instant yeast 1/2 cup luk warm water For the toppings: grated cheese tin of chopped tomatoes sliced mushrooms sliced onions salami slices feta cheese, crumbled Method First make your base: Mix the flour, sugar, salt and yeast together. Add ...

PORK BELLY BURGER

Pork, Recipes

Ingredients FOR THE BURGER 4 hamburger rolls butter or olive oil  1 baby cabbage (shredded) 2 carrots (grated) ½ cup mayonnaise (creamy) FOR THE PORK BELLY 1 kg pork belly (ask your butcher for one with a relatively thin layer of fat) 1 cup soy sauce 1 cup chicken stock 1 cup orange juice peeled rind of 1 orange (solid ...

YAKITORI SAUCE

Recipes, Sauces

. Ingredients 1/2 cup (125 ml) Soya sauce 2 tots Ponzu sauce 2 tots Teriyaki sauce 1 tablespoon Fish sauce 2 tots Rice wine vinegar 2 tots Sake 2 tots Mirren 2 tots Honey Method Place all the ingredients for the sauce together in a pan or pot. You can do tis over the fire or on the stove. Let ...

BURGERS WITH QUICK KIMCHI

Beef, Recipes

Ingredients FOR THE KIMCHI: 1 Chinese cabbage 5 radishes, coarsely chopped 2 carrots coarsely grated 4 spring onions, finely chopped 3 garlic cloves, chopped and crushed 2.5cm ginger, grated 2 tbsp fish sauce  2 tbsp sriracha chilli sauce or sriracha salt  1 tbsp sugar 3 tbsp rice vinegar FOR THE BURGER: 500g lean beef mince or 4 good quality burger patties 4 burger buns ...

CHICKEN VINDALOO

Pork, Recipes

The defining characterstic of vindaloo curry is the spicy vinegar-based paste we’re making as a marinade for the chicken. In my experience, 2 hours is sufficient when marinating deboned pieces of chicken meat, and that is how we do it here, but longer or shorter will also be fine. Once you’ve got the chicken in the marinde, there is very ...