Hertzog, the prime minister of the Union of SouthAfrica, from 1924 to 1939. 65ml vegetable/sunflower oil. Bake at 200C for 10 minutes or until lightly browned
A simple vanilla sponge cake recipe, that every baker should have in their recipe file. This idea, I take from a very common dessert/sweet treat among SouthAfricans, A Venetian Wafer but better known in SouthAfrica as a CUSTARD SLICE
Bobotie is SouthAfrica’s national dish and I never tire of it. In SouthAfrica, one tends to buy a mix from your local Indian or Malay stall at the market, but store bought curry powders are equally popular and not to be scoffed at
When fresh fruits and vegetables are peeled or cut open, the enzyme called polyphenol oxidase (also called tyrosinase) contained in the cells is exposed to and reacts with the oxygen in the air
Vegetables. By the time I got to having home economics classes, all we learnt was how to cook and bake basic items, that was it, well as far as my old brain can remember
I made the recipe up as I went along, not having any idea how the freekeh “flour” would bake but I have to say I am pretty impressed with the end result
