Recipes

Traditional and contemporary recipes for biscuits, confectionery, cakes and tarts, rusks (beskuit), various breads and buns, light meals, sides, salads, the main course, pudding, a few drinks, as well as preserved foods.

We also have recipes for special occasions, such as braais (barbeques), breakfast, Christmas, Easter, and teatime.

Mochacchino muffins

Cappuccino chocolate chip muffins.

Crispy chocolate oat biscuits

Robust recipe for chocolate and oatmeal biscuits.

Apple tartlets

Easy-to-make apple tartlets.

Tasty squares (konfyt vierkante)

An old-fashioned South African slice

Leap year pudding (skrikkeljaar poeding)

Baked pudding, in honour of leap year.

Biltongpotjie

Special dish for a special occasions.

South African condensed milk biscuits (Kondensmelk koekies)

Traditional South African recipe.

Chocolate mousse

A very good chocolate mousse, that sets quickly.

Milo Biscuits

Crunchy outside, soft inside, and goes well with a glass of cold milk.

Pickled beetroot salad (beetslaai)

A favourite in both South-Africa and New Zealand.

Swiss roll (rolkoek)

Traditional recipe for Swiss roll.

Custard slices (vlaskywe)

Custard sandwiched between layers of crispy crust, and glazed on top.

Gillaume Nicoli’s vanilla crème brûlée

Crème brûlée made without a bain-marie (water bath)

Yo-yo biscuits

Egg-free and made from custard powder

Ouma Babsie’s preserved quince (ingemaakte kwepers)

Rosy pink quince preserved in heavy syrup.

Peach chutney

Recipe for sweet yellow peaches.

Mild ginger beer (gemmerbier)

A mild ginger beer that is suitable for youngsters.

Buttermilk pudding with orange sauce (karringmelk poeding met lemoensous)

Traditional South African baked pudding, that is light with a creamy, spongy texture.

Green fig preserve (groenvy heelkonfyt)

Faldela Williams' recipe for green fig preserve.

How to make boerewors

A simple boerewors recipe to start from.