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Ice Cream Christmas Pudding

Ice Cream Christmas Pudding...

Ice Cream Christmas dessert Ice Cream is basically frozen custard and this ice cream christmas cake recipe is a perfect Christmas dessert for hot December Holidays. Give it a try, it is unlike anything you have had before. What you need 50g raisins 25g sultanas 50g dried cranberries or cherries 2 tots brandy 2 tots cointreau or rum 4 tablespoons icing sugar 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon 500ml Custard (Woolies custard is...
Cookbook & cafe Enrista Cappuccino giveaway – Competition closed

Cookbook & cafe Enrista Cappuccino giveaway &...

In celebration of Christmas, Cookbook and cafe Enrista would like to present to you the Enrista Cappuccino contest. From the house of café Enrista comes the brand new Cappuccino product to pamper you . Blended with the same perfection creating every cup as the perfect cup , the Enrista Cappuccino is not only about convenience but also about luxury , relaxation and reward. 5 Exclusive cappuccino hampers including a...
Chocolate Tarts

Chocolate Tarts...

Chocolate Tarts I saw these little beauties being made on television and just had to give them a try them, they looked so simple and in reality were not far off so you can happily call this an easy chocolate tart recipe. It looks complicated but once you get started you will be pleasantly surprised at how easy it is. When you have added the cream and the raspberries it is just so perfectly delicious you will battle to...
Bar One Cheesecake

Bar One Cheesecake...

Bar One Cheesecake The beautiful marble effect that this creamy, smooth and tangy cheesecake has is undeniably unforgettable. This cake is definitely not low in calories, but every mouthful is worth it! What you need Crust 100 g marie biscuits 50 g demerara sugar 50 g butter (melted) 1 Bar One (42 grams) (place in the freezer for minimum 1 hour before use) Bar One Sauce 6 Bar Ones 100 ml cream Pinch of salt 1 teaspoon...
Buttermilk pancakes

Buttermilk pancakes...

Buttermilk pancakes These buttermilk pancakes are beautifully light and puff up so nicely. I love to put a nice size piece of soft butter on top of a stack, smother them in maple syrup and have a few pieces of crisp streaky bacon on the side but serve them with strawberries warmed in a pot with a little sugar or anything else you feel like. You cam alos break up the crisped bacon into small pieces and add them to the...
Coffee and chocolate froth

Coffee and chocolate froth...

Coffee froth This has got to be one of the easiest desserts to make and is so versatile you just have to try it. Make it with Enrista’s 3 in 1 coffee of chocolate for Coffee froth or chocolate froth or a combination of the two. You can have it as it is or dress it up with whipped cream and fruit and a few chocolate shavings but the froth is awesome. Imagine an aerated creamy jelly, just try it you will love it....
Simple apple cake

Simple apple cake...

Easy Italian apple cake This easy apple cake recipe is ideal as a hot dessert with cream or as a tea time cake served cold. It’s a really simple recipe and while the apples are sweet and delicious in the shops right now, you are going to want to try this one. Use nice large golden delicious apples they work perfectly but any good apple will be fine. The beauty of this cake is that it is really simple to make and...
Cinnamon rice pudding

Cinnamon rice pudding...

Tuscan Cinnamon Rice Pudding Winter time is warm homely dessert time and this classic Tuscan rice pudding is as good as it gets when you feel you need a comfort pudding. It’s really important to use Arborio rice, it’s a creamy full rice that absorbs the cinnamon flavour perfectly. It’s a rich pudding that will serve 4 to 6 people depending on what you serve it with. If you have one of those fancy star...
Milk Tart

Milk Tart...

Milk Tart Milk tart or Melk Tert is as South African as biltong and dry wors and this is one of those recipes you are going to want to bookmark, print or share so that you never lose it. Milk tart has been one of my favorite desserts for a very long time and I have tried quite a number of Millk Tart recipes and if you have been following these recipes for a while, you will know that the easier the better for me. It’s...
Valentines day recipes

Valentines day recipes...

Valentines day A romantic dinner doesn’t mean you have to spend hours preparing the food and here are a few really great ideas for Valentines day Easy smoked salmon and shrimp pasta Lemon and Ginger Chicken Lamb Rogan Josh (This takes a while but is worth every minute if you are a curry person) You just gotta love Valentines day. For me Valentines day is all about the dessert, something you can share that just rounds...
Easy healthy pan fried chicken

Easy healthy pan fried chicken...

Healthy chicken recipe After the pan fried chicken in creamy mushroom sauce I thought I had better add a healthy and light alternative for the more health conscious readers so here you go. This recipe is really simple and the most important part is not to overcook the chicken. The butterflied chicken breasts cook very quickly and you don’t have a sauce, so it is very important that they are succulent. (4 people) What...
Lemon Flan from Gatriles

Lemon Flan from Gatriles...

Quick lemon flan For those of you who remember that fabulous restaurant in JHB called Gatrilles Son & Co and experienced the sheer joy of tasting their very popular lemon flan, you will be thanking me forever when you read how simple and tasty this recipe is. It’s a real South African recipe that uses Marie biscuits in it’s base. I got it from a recipe book my mother put together many years ago and the...
Chocolate mousse

Chocolate mousse...

Chocolate mousse In the past I have had a few chocolate mousse disasters but this recipe from a 1995 Bryanston high school recipe book I came across in the market some time ago turned out beautifully.  It’s really simple and needs to be made at least 2 hours before serving.. perfect. I made the chocolate mousse without alcohol but you can add you favorite liqueur to fancy it up a bit. (makes 6-8 ramekins) What...
Easy Eton mess

Easy Eton mess...

Eton mess Meringue, strawberries and cream are about as good a summer dessert as you will get and this recipe takes so little effort to prepare you will hardly believe it. It is a traditional English dessert recipe that is usually made with raspberries but strawberries work for me. In fact you could use any fresh fruit or berries like gooseberries or peach slices for example, the result is always the same… silence...

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