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Great to have SA recipes in US measurements!,
I have made the microwave fudge recipe, the best ever.
The rusk recipe was successful, I added walnuts and dried cranberries, Yummy!
The crunchy recipe was enjoyed by all, but my next batch I will leave In the oven a extra 5-10 minutes for a little bit more crunch, but delicious.
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|Rebecca of Amazon
An Exciting New Cookbook,
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|Anonymous
An Excellent Introduction to South African Cooking,
For new cooks making choux pastry will be a bit of a challenge and I myself had to make the chocolate eclairs recipe twice to get it right. The secret is to put the dough in a ziplock plastic bag and to measure one corner with a ruler so you snip the corner where it is exactly one-inch across. Otherwise your pastries won’t cook properly and will have lots of dough in the middle. I also ended up adapting the recipe slightly so they cooked at 400 degrees for fifteen instead of ten minutes and then I dried them out by cooking them at 325 for twenty-five minutes instead of ten-twenty. When making the chocolate glaze I also added some confectioners’ sugar to taste.
The other recipes I tried from this cookbook were Bobotie and Sausage Rolls. The sausage rolls are flavored with thyme which makes them a little more gourmet. I cooked a few of them but froze the rest. This is a good recipe for an appetizer at a party. I’m still going to have to find out what was in them when I was a child since they didn’t taste exactly as I remembered. The Bobotie turned out perfect although I’ll add more curry powder next time. Bobotie is sort of like a South African meatloaf made in a casserole dish with an egg custard on top. It is really good with chutney and rice.
I plan on making the Buttermilk Rusks next. Other recipes that look intriguing include:
Spinach Roulade – A spinach roll with creamy mushroom sauce
Chicken Breyani
Sosaties – lamb kebabs
Brandy Pudding
Koeksisters – a braided doughnut drenched in syrup
I think you will enjoy cooking from this cookbook. I found three recipes I truly love and that is more than I find in most cookbooks. I’m excited to try new recipes from this book.
~The Rebecca Review
P.S. I adapted the sausage rolls and used ground chicken in place of the ground pork. I did
omit the thyme and used seasoning salt in place of the regular salt. They were so good
my husband asked for more. Now I make them on a regular basis.
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