Recipes From South Africa

“Melkkos”

Yes, you have guessed it!  “Melkkos” is the recipe I would like to share with you all today.  It is a great traditional South African Recipe dish that can be enjoyed at any time.  Try it in the winter, it warms you up from the inside!  Nothing tastes nicer than a bowl of “melkkos”, sprinkled [...]

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Rice sauce dumplings

Good evening all of you! Today was a very hectic day and I have taken a few moments to share with you a lovely recipe. Try it and see what you think! Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 cup butter 3 eggs 1 1/2 cups boiled rice 1/2 [...]

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Pancakes

As I sit here, typing on my computer, I can hear the rain falling outside, just hard enough to hear. This is called pancake weather in South Africa!! Whenever the rain comes, we bake pancakes as a family and enjoy the sound of the rain outside. I was going to bake pancakes last week Friday [...]

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Eat sum more

This is a fantastic recipe for shortbread, a speciality of the Scottish. It is one of South Africa’s favourites and this is a recipe for home-made shortbread. Ingredients: 4 cups of flour 1 cup icing sugar 2 cups (500 grams, or 1 pound) wooden spoon (white margarine) about 1/4 teaspoon of salt Method: 1. Mix [...]

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Pampoenmoes

Pumpkin is one of the favourite vegetables for all South Africans. “Pampoenkoekies” is one great recipe and “pampoenmoes” another. Try this next recipe, it is great! Ingredients: 8 slices of white bread Butter Apricot jam 2 cups of pumpkin (1 butternut squash should do. Slice very thinly) Salt Sugar Cinnamon Method: 1. Butter the bread [...]

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Recipe for Brandy Pudding

The recipe I am going to share with you today is about 350 years old! A great favourite from the Cape where the first brandy from Cape grapes were distilled in 1672! We have come a long way since then, but still, Cape Brandy Pudding remains an old favourite. (Die Afrikaanse weergawe kan onder Afrikaanse [...]

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