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Posted on September 29, 2016 by anel potgieter	#strawberry salad – my favourite flavour combination of 2016
It’s so simple but the salt and sweet …and then that pepper tang is a perfect combination and a perfect lunch – to be washed down with a glass of bubbly of course. What better way to celebrate Spring? Strawberry Festival at the Stellenbosch Slow Market
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the président of cheeses
Posted on September 26, 2016 by anel potgieter	the président of cheeses
The other day I received a basket full of cheesy delights accompanied with a very clever name tag: Anél Potgieter for Président. You see Simonsberg cheeses will officially be adopting the Président branding but rest assured, it is only the name that is changing – you can still enjoy the same great taste and quality of the products you have come to rely on over the years to make your favourite dishes. I immediately grabbed some ProVitas and topped it with the Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese – delicious!
The Creamy Blue Cheese is so tangy and strong and worked brilliantly with my glass of whiskey. Yes, I love a good scotch and a good blue cheese and these two are in my eyes a perfect pairing. 🙂
I grated some Mature Cheddar and added that to a beef broth. It melted in the broth and gave it an extra layer of flavour and texture. And what is better than melted cheese?
The camembert is still lying in my fridge, but Président sent me a recipe card for baked camembert with caramelised walnuts. It is on my to do list – I took a pic with my cellphone to share with you.
Have a great cheesy week everyone.
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Posted on September 20, 2016 by anel potgieter	#braai die perfekte #steak met die 3-3-3-formule – #braaidag
Steak met brandewynpepersous – Foto Michelle LateganKomende Saterdag is Nasionale Braaidag. Hoera! Nie dat my Ier enige aanmoediging nodig het om te braai nie, want hy sê mos: ”Friday is braai day. Saturday is braai day and Sunday is braai day too.” En as hy in die week ‘n kansie kry steek hy, tot my ergernis, weer die vure aan. Maar my liewe man kan nou maar net nie ‘n steak ordentlik braai nie. Óf hy maak dit te gaar óf hy probeer dit ná 10 biere oor koue kole braai. Mansmense tog! Hoe om die perfekte steak te braai
Die 3-3-3 formule vir ‘n perfekte medium-rou steak Gregg het ons geleer om die 3-3-3 formule te gebruik om ‘n perfekte medium-rou steak gaar te maak. “Braai een minuut aan elke kant vir elke een cm dikte. So, as die steak 3 cm dik is braai jy dit drie minute aan die een kant, drie minute aan die ander kant en laat dit vir so drie minute rus. Moet nie aan die steak andersins karring nie. Die totale braaityd is dus ses minute.” Dit is dit! Hou jou selfoontydhouer byderhand, moet dit nie ‘n sekonde meer of minder braai nie en ek belowe jou dat jy die mees perfekste medium-rou steak gaan braai. Hoor ek ‘n hiep-hiep?
Foto: Michelle LateganMaklike stokmenger Béarnaise-sous
Béarnaise was nog altyd vir my ‘n nagmerrie om te maak, want dit skif gewoonlik. Maar met die onfeilbare stokmenger-metode sal ek dit nooit weer oor ‘n dubbelkoker probeer maak nie. Gooi die dragon-asyn saam met jou eiergele in die stokmengerhouer en terwyl jy dit oor medium spoed blits, gooi jy die gesmelte botter baie stadig by. So maklik soos dit! Die perfekte wyn saam met jou steak
Genoeg vir 4 20 ml witasyn
Verwyder van die hitte en voeg 10 ml water by. Voeg saam met eiergele in ‘n mengbak en verwerk teen medium spoed met stokmenger (stick blender) tot dik en romerig. Voeg nou die botter baie stadig bietjies vir bietjies in ‘n klein stroompie by en verwerk goed na elke byvoeging. Wanneer al die botter bygevoeg is, geur met rooipeper en suurlemoensap. As dit te dik is meng ‘n bietjie warmwater by. Bedien teen kamertemperatuur. Die lekkerste brandewynpepersous
Smelt die botter, voeg die suiker by en kook tot die botter verbruin het. Gooi die swartpeper by en braai dit verder vir so twee minute. Voeg die brandewyn by en flambé. Verwyder van die hitte totdat die vlam dood is. Voeg die port by en prut tot die alkohol verdamp het. Gooi die beesvleisekstrak by en verminder tot ¾. Gooi die room by en verminder tot dit verdik het. Geur met sout. Share this:InstagramFacebookTwitterPinterestEmailPrint	Filed under Braai, Red Meat and tagged braai, braai dag, ernst gouws; hussar grill, medium rare, perfek, perfekte steak, steak |	Leave a comment
early christmas with #woolworths
Posted on September 19, 2016 by anel potgieter	early christmas with #woolworths
Christmas arrived early this year when Woolworths delivered a large box of beautifully packaged goodies to my doorstep. Lucky me! Inside this box was a whole host of festive goodies that will be on their shelves come Christmas time.
It’s all about nostalgia this year at Woolworths. I wanted to spread the love so I handed the gifts to loved ones around me:
This beautiful box of individually packed teas I gave to my mom. It has a mash strainer where you scoop your tea in and put the strainer in water to steep your favourite tea. I just have to say mom and I loved the java gunpowder flavour!
Don’t you just love these lip tints? They look like macaroons! I shared them with my friend Zola. They are easy to just stash in your bag and so damm cute to take out… and show the world.
My friend Karin was so lucky to get this. This is my favourite gift out of the whole box. Dont you just love the beautiful container?
Old tape recorder tin filled with milk chocolate coated toffees
My husband and I polished off the whole tin. The toffies were so delicious and we gobbled it up before we could press the stop button on the dummy cassette player!
My housekeeper Doreen was very happy to get her hands on these luxury Christmas crackers. Making the traditional addition to the festive Christmas table, they are fit for a feast.
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Posted on September 15, 2016 by anel potgieter	beesvleis wellington met #biltong
Seël van beesfilet: Na ‘n teugie wyn geur die filet met sout en peper en braai dit in ‘n baie warm pan tot bruin en geseël. So 30 sekondes aan al die kante. Dit verseker dat die sappe binne bly en geur die vleis. Laat dit heeltemal afkoel en verf dan die hele stuk filet met mosterd van jou keuse. My Ier gebruik altyd sy gunsteling mosterd – Masterfoods se warm Engels mosterd. Die filet-bed: Stop, jy moet nou nie dink jy moet manlief én die bottel rooiwyn bed toe sleep nie! En moet ook nie dink die filet-bed is te veel moeite om te maak nie (skink maar nog ‘n glas wyn, knyp jou oë toe en druk deur), want as jy dié stap volg kry jy ‘n perfek gevormde Wellington. Plaas ‘n lang stuk kleefplastiek op ‘n plat oppervlakte en lê die snye parmaham langs mekaar in ‘n ry daarop uit. Die dun stukkies vleis moet mekaar oorvleuel en dit moet so lank soos die lengte van die filet wees. Smeer die duxelle versigtig oor die hele parmaham-oppervlakte. Plaas nou die afgekoelde stuk vleis bo-op en rol die vleis baie styf toe met die kleefplastiek. Rol die kante van die kleefplastiek toe en maak die rol so styf as wat jy kan. Plaas dit in die yskas vir 30 minute. Pssst …nou het julle ‘n tydjie om gou weg te glip kamer toe…
Versiering en glans: Verf die hele besigheid nou met baie eiergeel. Plaas dit terug in die yskas vir sowat 15 minute sodat die deeg kan rus. Teen dié tyd moet die bottel al amper op wees. Om die Wellington nog mooier te laat lyk, sny een lang keep (moet nie heeltemal deur die deeg sny nie – trek net jou mespunt oor die deeg) in die middel af en dan snye kante toe – so 1 cm uitmekaar. Die einde is nou in sig! Vat jou verfkwas en gee vir Wellington ‘n laaste eiergeellagie. Strooi nou ‘n goeie hoeveelheid Maldon sout oor en uiteindelik is meneer reg vir die oond. Baktyd: Bak vir 20 minute in ‘n voorverhitte oond teen 200 °C. Draai die hitte af na 180 °C en bak nog 15-20 minute tot die kors bruin is.
Rustyd: Bottel nommer twee is natuurlik nou al oop. Moet nie haastig wees en die Wellington onmiddellik sny nie. Laat rus vir ten minste 10-15 minute voordat jy dit sny. My Boere Beesvleis Wellington
Braai die sampioene, knoffel en tiemie in die botter tot gaar en heeltemal droog. Geur met ‘n bietjie sout en swartpeper. Laat afkoel. Meng die biltong deur en hou eenkant. Voorverhit die oond tot 200 °C . Maak ‘n kleefvrye pan baie warm. Smeer die filet met ’n bietjie olyfolie en geur met sout en peper. Braai aan al die kante tot bruin en geseël. Omtrent 30 sekondes aan elke kant. Laat goed afkoel. Verf mosterd met ‘n kwassie oor die hele stuk vleis. Rol die deeg effens dunner uit op ’n meelbestrooide oppervlak. Plaas die parmaham in die middel oor die deeg. Versprei die sampioenmengsel oor parmaham en plaas die filet bo-op. Verf die kante van die deeg met water en vou toe. Verseël en sny die oortollige deeg af. Plaas die Wellington met die voukant na onder op ’n bakplaat. Verf liggies met die geklitste eiergeel en sprinkel met Maldon sout. Bak vir 20 minute teen 200 °C. Draai die temperatuur af na 180 °C en bak vir ‘n verdere 15 minute tot goudbruin. Laat dit rus vir 10-15 minute voordat jy dit sny. Share this:InstagramFacebookTwitterPinterestEmailPrint	Filed under Red Meat and tagged beef, biltong, wellington |	1 Comment
Posted on September 13, 2016 by anel potgieter	#richards supper stage and bistro
YES and yes again. Who must see it
The whole of Cape Town. The whole of South Africa. And the whole world. For Bookings
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cheats cacao cake
Posted on August 29, 2016 by anel potgieter	cheats cacao cake
These days I often find that I do not have the time to spend hours in the kitchen to bake and decorate a cake for a special occasion. I have to confess I cheat … but in my defence, many of the ready-baked options end up being just as delicious and beautiful as home-baked versions. The cake layers
In this instance, I visited CAB Foods Factory shop and tried out their ready baked cacao sponge cakes. You can buy these frozen at about R23 per cake! Yes, not too bad. I did not know what it tasted like so I defrosted one and was I surprised? I do not think it would be possible for me to bake it any better – nor cheaper. Just to note…you will need to defrost these cakes properly for at least a few hours –make sure they are not cold in the centre.
Outside: The icing was no problem. My friend Mari-Louis Guy introduced me to Pillsbury’s Ready-to-Spread Chocolate Fudge Flavoured Frosting. People this is dangerously delicious. You can of course make your own icing, but why would you do that if you have a frosting that is so velvety and chocolatey.
Layer 1: I opted for the Pillsbury Vanilla Frosting
Layer 2: You cannot go wrong with caramel. You will only use about ½ tin – of course I got stuck in with the teaspoon into the leftover caramel – and that was that! And did anyone notice that I cheated? Nope, they thought the cake was scrumptious, moist and delicious … and yes, I took all the credit! What you need
3 x layers cacao sponge cakes
1 x tin caramel
2 x Pillsbury’s Ready-to-Spread Chocolate Fudge Flavoured Frosting
1 x Pillsbury Vanilla Frosting
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Posted on August 25, 2016 by anel potgieter	New menu @ Reuben’s at the One & Only
Sommelier Luvo Ntezo Starters
Reuben Reuben joined us for the evening. As always, his friendly, down to earth disposition and understated charm still puts him in my books as one of our country’s top chefs…and a really great individual.
The menu reflects a continued trend for shared food. “People like sharing so we’ll be continuing with our table topper, snacky type dishes and we’re excited to be using our own spice combinations in many of these – look out for Zaatar, Vadouvan and Ras el Hanout, softer, subtle spices that make food so interesting,” said Reuben. For reservations
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Posted on August 15, 2016 by anel potgieter	chicken #parmigiana without the parmesan
This is one of those crowd-pleasing dishes and it’s also very easy to make. Chicken Parmigiana is normally made with breaded chicken and with parmesan cheese. As I had neither breadcrumbs nor parmesan in my house when I wanted to make this, so I simply left them out. It turned out just as delicious. My version of chicken ‘parmigiana’ … without parmesan
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