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Best Lemon Squares
Ingredients Crust 1 cup butter (soft) 1/2 cup sugar 2 cups flour Crust Method In a bowl add the flour and sugar, with the tips of your fingers work in the butter. Line a 20x30 pan with parchment paper and bake for 15-20min on 180 degrees. Filling 4 eggs 1 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup flour 160ml Lemon & Lime juice 1 lemon zest & 1 lime zest Filling Method Mix the flour and sugar together. Whisk eggs and add to the flour and sugar. Add the lemon and lime juice as well as the zest. Pour over the crust as it comes out the oven. Place back in the…
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Easiest Koeksister
Ingredients Dough 3 cups self raising flour 1 1/2 cup plain medium fat yogurt (not fat free) salt Syrup 4 cups water 2 cups sugar 1 lemons zest 2 tsp ginger 1 tsp creme of tarter Method 1) In a thick base pot add your water and sugar over a medium heat. Once this starts to boil turn down the heat and let it simmer for about 15 min. You can add your zest and ginger. The syrup will start to thicken a bit. Once its done set it a side to cool down a little bit and add the creme of tarter. Divide the syrup in two equal parts…
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Easter Choc Chip Cookies
Ingredients 1 1/3 cup flour 1/2 cup white sugar 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 cup butter (soft) 1 tsp vanilla essence 1 cup choc chips 1 egg 3 tbsp water 125g speckled eggs Method Add the butter and sugars in a bowl and mix until light and fluffy. Add the one egg and vanilla essence to the mixture and mix well. In a separate bowl add all the dry ingredients and mix in with your butter mix. When everything is combined add your water. The dough will be very sticky after you have added the water. Last but not least add your chocolate chips and…
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Easy loaf of bread
If you are unable to get bread at the shops, while in lock-down, Why not make your Own ? Ingredients 400 g White bread flour 8 g salt 10 g yeast 25 g soft butter Olive oil 250 ml water (room temp) Method Multiply the ingredients by the desired amount of batches you would like to bake, these quantities are enough to produce one batch. You don’t need a bread pan, if you do not have one you can form your dough in a round ball and bake it in a flat surface pan. 1) Mix your yeast and water and set it aside. On a flat clean surface add…
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Pear & Pecan ‘Poeding’
Cake Ingredients 1 cup cake flour 1 tsp cinnamon ½ tsp nutmeg ½ tsp salt …
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Green bean Oven Parcel
Ingredients 500g Green Beans Olive oil 1 tbsp sesame seeds 2 tsp soy sauce salt & pepper Method Cut a piece of foil, big enough for your all your all your green beans to fit in and fold over to make a little parcel. Lay your foil flat, and place the green beans in the center of the foil. Drizzle it with some olive oil, add your soy sauce, sesame seeds, salt & pepper. Fold the sides of the foil in and fold the edges together to form a parcel. Make sure you fold the edges and that its closed properly, you don't want the steam to escape from the…
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Marrow Oven Parcel
Ingredients 500g Baby Marrow's salt & pepper Olive Oil 2 cloves garlic finely chopped Method Cut a piece of foil, big enough for your all your marrows to fit in and fold over to make a little parcel. Lay your foil flat, and place the baby marrows in the center of the foil. Drizzle it with some olive oil, add your chopped garlic, salt & pepper. Fold the sides of the foil in and fold the edges together to form a parcel. Make sure you fold the edges and that its closed properly, you don't want the steam to escape from the parcel. Bake in the over for 10-15 min…
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Carrot Oven Parcel
Ingredients 5 medium carrots 2 tbsp honey 1 tbsp lemon juice olive oil twig rosemary salt Method Cut the carrots in half. Then get them in half length ways , then in half again keep cutting them in half until you end up with small trips of carrots. This does not need to be done perfect. Cut a piece of foil, big enough for your carrots to fit in an fold over to make a little parcel. Lay your foil flat, put the carrots on the foil drizzle it with some olive, honey and lemon juice. Sprinkle a pinch of salt over and lay the rosemary twig on top. Fold…
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Broccoli Fritters
Ingredients 1 medium broccoli 1 tsp vegetable stock 1/2 cup hot water 1 large egg 1/2 cup flour 1/4 cup parmesan cheese 1 clove crushed garlic 2 tbsp lemon juice salt & pepper canola or olive oil for frying 1 tbsp butter Method To prepare you broccoli : Leave the broccoli whole. Add you vegetable stock with the hot water in a pot. Place your whole broccoli in the pot. Let this boil for 10 - 15 min on high medium-high heat. Drain your broccoli (there should not be much water left in the pot) and set a side to cool a bit. In a bowl, beat your eggs, then…
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‘Bleek’ Chicken
Ingredients 1 whole chicken 2 cups water 1 potato ½ onion 2 cloves Garlic Salt + Pepper to taste handful of thyme Method Slice the potato in about 1 cm discs. Roughly chop the onion. Peel garlic (leave whole) Place the potatoes at the bottom of a pot, add the onions and garlic. Place the whole chicken on top of the veggies add your spices and the water. Let this boil on medium high for 40-50 min or until there is no water left. You can either add a little more water to make a little chicken broth for your rice or let all the water cook away…
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