Recipes

This slow-simmered beef curry recipe rewards patience: 2+ hours on the stove (or 30 minutes in a pressure cooker) for melt-in-your-mouth beef.

A true South African farm-style recipe: Sago Melkkos is soft, milky, cinnamon-scented comfort in a bowl. Simple pantry ingredients, big nostalgic flavour.

Queen of Puddings, done properly — creamy orange-zested custard, a jammy layer of strawberries and raspberries, and a crown of toasted meringue. Ready in about 1 hour

Silky, parmesan-loaded polenta made for soaking up rich braising sauces. Slow-stirred for the creamiest texture — the perfect bed for the lamb shanks. There's a reason chefs reach for polenta when a dish needs something soft, silky, and quietly luxurious underneath it. This creamy parmesan version is slow-stirred to perfection...

A refined, restaurant-style take on the classic braised shank — deeply savoury, silky, and built for a miserable day. Smaller quantities, bigger flavour: browning properly, deglazing with wine, and a slow oven braise coax maximum richness from an expensive cut without wasting a gram of it.

“Can you still remember Granny's kitchen? This is that recipe.” 🍮✨ Don't eat too much of your main meal — just have THIS as your main meal instead. No regrets.

Discover a modern twist on classic braided bread: rich, buttery layers folded into an elegant rosette shape. Full ingredient list, step-by-step method, and printable recipe card included.

A South African classic reimagined: vibrant, tangy, and ridiculously easy to make ahead. Once you try this carrot salad, it's a y must-have.

Restaurant-quality beef fillet made in your own kitchen. One bite of this Amarula chocolate chilli sauce and you'll be making it again and again!

One banana, one slit, one seriously good dessert. 🍌🔥

This easy baked pumpkin fritter recipe swaps the oil for the oven, keeping all the flavour with less of the mess. Ready in under an hour.

Slow-cooked beef bredie recipe with tomato, potato & carrots in a rich wine sauce. A hearty South African stew perfect for family dinners. Some dishes are cooked. This one is coaxed

Soft ginger dumplings simmered in sweet spiced syrup — comfort food doesn't get cozier than this.”

Roma tomatoes + crispy biltong = the preserve you didn't know you needed

Crisp on the outside, wobbly and warm on the inside — melktert perfection.

"There's nothing like the smell of roosterkoek toasting on the coals — it's the sound and scent of a South African braai." 🔥🍞

Straight from the oven and drenched in brandy sauce — teatime just got an upgrade.

A South African-Inspired Braised Chicken with a Sweet, Tangy Orange & Dried Fruit Glaze One skillet. Thirty minutes. A sauce so good you'll want to drink it.

Jam tertjies:/ Tarts, proof that the best South African recipes are handwritten, buttery, and best shared with tea.

Rooted in South African braai culture, paptert takes simple maize meal and transforms it into a golden, custardy bake studded with sweetcorn, chickpeas, and melted cheddar.

No fuss. No fondant towers. Just a proper South African tannie's pudding that's been quietly stealing the show at dinner tables for decades — and it deserves its name on the menu.

Thick and creamy milk tart custard filling rolled into warm pancakes and coated in sweetness. Mouthwatering!

A three-step breading station, a quick pan-fry, and a five-minute sauce are all it takes to get a meal on the table that works just as well for a weeknight dinner as it does for game-day snacking.

There's a certain kind of sandwich that doesn't mess around, and the Man Pie is it.