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An easy recipe and directions for making delicious South African Biltong at home. The high quality organic biltong in this article was made at home and took about 15 minutes of preparation time and cost less than $15! Ideally you will have a biltong machine that you can hang the biltong in. Read here on…
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Samosas (AKA samoosa in South Africa) – what are they and where do they come from? Simply put a samosa is a fried or baked pastry with a savory filing such as potato, peas, lentils, ground beef, lamb or chicken. They are typically shaped in a triangle and made with Indian spices. Samosas originated in…
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What is Boerewors? The name Boerewors is derived from the Afrikaans words Boer (farmer) and Wors (Sausage) and is usually abbreviated to just “Wors” in South Africa. Boerewors is a traditional South African sausage derived from an old Dutch sausage recipe and while it is possible to make it at home, it is far easier to…
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This delicious spicy chicken recipe is a flame grilled, Portuguese style, butterfly-cut spicy peri-peri grilled chicken. Peri-peri is the Swahili word for chili peppers. This grilled peri-peri chicken is a spicy dish with roots in old Portuguese colonized Africa, primarily in Angola and Mozambique when Portuguese settlers arrived and made their homes. The restaurant chain…
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What is Bobotie? This is a Dutch recipe that originates from the Indonesian dish Bobotok. The recipe first shows up in a Dutch cookbook dating to 1609 and was introduced in South Africa by Dutch settlers and subsequently adopted by the Cape Malay community. The curry gives it a slight tang and it is often…
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Keys to storing biltong so it is fresh and safe to eat: Keep it dry Keep it in a fridge Vacuum seal it Keep pieces apart or mix them up daily Quality biltong is highly dependent on using the correct methods to make and store it. If you like your biltong slightly wet i.e. not…
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Bunny Chow is a traditional street food made famous by the Indian population of Durban, a large coastal city in Natal on South Africa’s tropical east coast and consists of curry spooned into a scooped-out loaf of white bread. There are many theories of the origin of Bunny Chow including that it was first used…
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Many South Africans think of a butternut soup recipe as the national soup of South Africa and it is routinely served in restaurants, homes, and even on safari. Ingredients: 1 tbsp Butter 2 Medium Onions chopped 2 Cloves Garlic chopped 4 Cups (1 liter) Water 1 Chicken Stock Cube 1 Cup (250 ml) Cream 2 lb…
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The rusk (know as Beskuit in Afrikaans) dates back to early South African settlers. Today there are many varieties including sweet and healthy options. A brief history of the rusk Making them is pretty simple: balls of dough are packed into loaf tins and baked in the oven then separated and dried out completely in…
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Melktert is Afrikaans for “milk tart” and is a Dutch inspired South African dessert. The crispy pastry crust holds a cold (cooked) milk based “custard like” filling with cinnamon or nutmeg sprinkling on top. It is somewhat similar to Portuguese custard pies and Chinese egg pies. This is a great easy dessert to make for guests…
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Amazingly Easy (No-Knead) Delicious Dutch Oven Bread: This wonderful, light, tasty Dutch Oven Bread is made in a traditional iron Dutch Oven similar to those used by early parties trekking into the interior of South Africa and also by early settlers in the Cape. This recipe produces a light and airy loaf of bread with…
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