Recipes for traditional and contemporary South African cooking and baking.

Orange juice rusks (lemoenbeskuit)

Rusks with a refreshing citrus flavour, that can be made lactose-free.

Seed and nut rusks (saad en neut beskuit)

Healthy rusks, that are high in fibre, with lots of seeds and nuts.

Malva pudding (Malvapoeding)

Rich and syrupy, with a soft spongy texture.

Quick and easy vetkoek

Traditional vetkoek is made from yeast bread dough, but this quick and easy vetkoek recipe use baking powder as the raising agent.

Diagonal cakes (skuinskoek)

Diamond-shaped deep-fried snacks .

Soweto chicken

A spicy, heart-warming chicken dish, that can be as hot or mild as you prefer.

Pancakes (plaatkoekies)

Quick and easy to make, they can be served with coffee, or as a light meal.

Mosbolletjie-style rusks

Sweet leavened rusks, delicately flavoured with must and anise seed.

Crumbly maize porridge (krummelpap)

With a crumbly texture, krummelpap goes well with tomato-and-onion sauce.

Sheba sauce (tamatiesmoor)

The perfect accompanying sauce for crumbly maize porridge

Peppermint Crisp tart

A rich and flavoursome tart, well-loved by many generations of South Africans.

Jan Smutsies tartlets

Tartlets with simple cake batter and apricot jam

Hertzoggies tartlets

Tartlets filled with apricot jam meringue.

All Bran rusks (beskuit)

High-fibre rusks that can replace a meal.

Yellow rice (geelrys)

Aromatic and beautifully coloured, yellow rice is perfect witch spicy disches

Koeksisters

Twisted, fried dough, infused in syrup

South African pancakes (pannekoek)

Pannekoek is similar to French crepes, but not pikelets or Scottish pancakes.

Milk tart (melktert)

A baked custard tart, flavoured with cinnamon.

Baked porridge and sausage (pap and wors)

A one-dish meal

Sausage gem (worsjuweel)

A flavorsome and satisfying casserole dish.