TARYN’S KOEKSISTERS
SYRUP:
1.2 kg sugar
750 ml water
3 ml cream of tartar
5 ml cold water
3 ml ground ginger
1 cinnamon stick or (1ml ground)
Rind of 1 lemon
20 ml lemon juice

DOUGH:
560 g cake/plain flour
20 ml baking powder
5 ml salt
36 g butter or margarine
15 ml sugar
2 eggs
About 200 ml water
Oil for deep frying

For syrup: dissolve sugar in water in a large saucepan. Wait until its dissolved (stir it cold) and then bring to the boil. Mix cream of tartar with the 5 ml water and then add to the boiling syrup with the ginger, cinnamon and lemon.
Boil for 10 mins then switch off and leave to cool. Refrigerate till VERY cold (overnight). I usually separate into 2 or 3 tuns so that I can keep 1 out and the rest stays cold.

For the dough: sift dry ingredients then rub in the cubed butter until it resembles fine breadcrumbs (I use a food processor! It’s so quick) add the sugar. Beat the eggs with the water then add to the dry ingredients. Mix to form a soft dough. You may need to add a bit more water but not too much. Knead for a few mins until smooth. Cover with plastic wrap and rest for at least 1 hr.

When you’re ready to cook, roll out the dough to 5mm thick. Cut strips 1cm wide and 15cm long. Fold each strip at the centre and twist to the end. Join the end by pressing. ( you can also plait them if you cut the. 1cm × 8cm and plait 3 together). Deep fry until brown on each side. Make sure the oil is not too hot…or it won’t cook inside. Once slightly browned, take out and put immediately into cold syrup. Push them down to coat and keep them in to absorb while you fry the next batch. Keep in fridge or freeze. Enjoy!
Recipe and picture: Taryn Kearey

CHARLTON’S CHOCOLATE CAKE
1. 8 egg yolks + 3 cups of sugar (beat together till creamy)
2. 4 tspn vanilla essence + 1 cup oil (add to the egg mixture)
3. 4 cups of flour, tspn salt + 4 tspn baking powder (sieve together and add to the egg mixture, batter will be very stiff?)
4. 1 cup butter milk (add to the mixture and mix well)
5. 4 tspn cocoa + 2 tspn coffee ( mix it with 1/4 cup boiling water and allow to cool down completely then add to the rest of the mixture….do this first and put a side to cool?
6. 6 egg whites + 1/2 tspn bicarbonate (beat till stiff and fold into the mixture?
7. Prepare two cake pans and device mixture into it.
8. Bake at 180°c till middle is dry.

TOPPING
1. 1 Can caramel + 250ml cream (whip cream till stiff and fold caramel in, keep some caramel to spread between cakes)
2. Spread the caramel and cream mixture over the cake.
Pssssst….allow cake to cool completely before decorating.
Enjoy this very fluffy and easy choc cake
SOURCE – Charlton Leonard Petersen

DENZY’S PEACHES AND JELLY DESSERT
1 can peaches, chopped
750 g Cape fruit yogurt
2 packets orange jelly
½ cup condense milk
fresh mint for garnish

Mix both packets of jelly with 2 cups of hot water and 2 cups cold water. Let it cool and and pour half the jelly in glasses to created bottom layer, put in fridge to set. Mix condense milk with the other half of the jelly and pour over set jelly to created middle layer. Put back in fridge to set. Mix chopped peaches and yogurt together and dish into glasses to created the top layer. Finish with a slice of peaches and mint leave. ENJOY!
Recipe and photo: Denzel Koenana

CHICKEN CURRY AND RICE
1) 4 chicken breasts cut up and fried
2) Add pepper, salt, 3 heaped tsp curry powder & cayenne pepper
3) 1 onion chopped and add with the chicken and fry together
4) 1 chicken stock with a cup of water add to the chicken
5) Cut a few potatoes and add in
6) Add peas (i use frozen peas)
7) Add more water if necessary
8) Add extra pepper, salt, 3 heaped tsp curry powder & cayenne pepper
9) Let it simmer till everything is cooked
10) Add Maizena to thicken it up
11) For the rice I made a big pot and added 1 tsp tumeric
12) When the rice is cooked don’t drain the water
13) Add the chicken and the rice and mix together
14) Let it stand for a while to thicken
SOURCE – Debbie Louw

DENZY’S TOMATO ONION AND THYME OVEN BAKED SNOEK
INGREDIENTS
1 large snoek cut in pieces
2 red onions cut in slices
2 tomatoes cut in slices
Fresh thyme
1 spoon garlic & ginger paste
3 spoons chutney
4 spoons lemon juice
Fine coriander
2 spoons melted butter
Salt & pepper

METHOD
Season fish with salt & pepper and fine coriander,place snoek in oven dish and and place onions and tomato on fish,in a sauce pan add all other ingredients to make the sauce and place sauce pan on the stove over medium heat and cook sauce for about 10 mins,preheat oven while sauce is cooking,when sauce is finish brush sauce over fish and put in the oven to bake for 20 -30 mins then grill for 5 – 10 mins,enjoy with boiled potato.
ENJOY

RECIPE: Denzel Koenana
SECOND PHOTO: Mabel Moleele

DENZY’Z GARLIC AND HERBS GREENBEANS

INGREDIENTS

Fresh greenbeans ends cut off
2 spoons crusted garlic
Thyme
Rosemary chopped
Fishermans spice
Salt & Pepper
4 spoons olive oil

METHOD

Steam greenbeans in a steamer till nice and soft,heat a saucepan and add olive oil garlic and herbs,then add the greenbeans to the pan,spice it up with fishermans spice and salt & pepper for taste.ENJOY

SOURCE – Denzel Koenana

SUMI SE ROOM AARTAPPELS
Hier is die resep vir my room aartappels wat ek vanaand gemaak het.
5 of 6 redelike groot aartappel geskil en in skywe gesny
1 of 2 groot uie geskil en in skywe gesny
250ml room
botter
aromat, sout en peper na smaak
knoffel vlokkies

Begin met ‘n lagie aartappels en dan ‘n lagie uie. Sit dan klein stukkies botter oral oor die aartappels (ek sit gewoonlik so 5 klein stukkies botter op) Strooi dan aromat sout peper en knoffel vlokkies oor. Begin dan weer met ‘n lagie aarappel en uie. Herhaal tot uie en aartappels op is. Gooi dan die bakkie room oor die aartappel. As die room te min is gooi nog biekie melk by. Sit ‘n deksel op en bak in die mikrogolf vir 30min op 90% krag of tot aartappels regdeur sag is.
BRON – Somarié Muller

Somarié Muller  – My aartappels kom ook nooit gaar in gewone oond nie daaroor kook ek hulle eers ‘n rukkie en sny hulle dan in skywe

DENZY’S BRAAI SNOEK
INGREDIENTS
1 large Fresh Snoek
Half cup apricot jam
Half cup margarine
Half cup lemon juice
1 spoon crusted garlic
1 spoon cumin seeds
1 spoon fine coriander
Fresh Dhania
Robertson fish spice
1 spoon smoked paprika
Olive oil

METHOD
Spice snoek with fish and basted with olive oil on both sides,braai snoek on medium coles for 5 minutes per side,add all the other ingredients in a sauce pan on medium heat on stove to make the basting sauce for snoek,basted snoek.with sauce and braai for another 5 to 10 mins.garnish with more dhania and ENJOY with roosterbroodtjie.

RECIPE AND PHOTO: Denzel Koenana

PRUTPOT ERTJIESOP MET GEROOKTE EISBEIN
In die slow cooker!
1 pakkie droe gesplete ertjies
1 pakkie droe 4 – in – 1 sop mengsel (oornag in kook water geweek)
2 kleinerige of 1 groot gerookte eisbein (gerook gee lekker ham smaak)
1 koppie gekerfde seldery
2 gerasperde aartappel
3 gerasperde wortels
2 lourierblare
2 liter tuisgemaakte hoender aftreksel
sout en peper na smaak
1 teelepel cumin
Worcestersous
white wine vinegar na smaak

Gooi alles bymekaar en kook op high vir 5 ure, en op slow vir ‘n verdere 5 – 8 of tot vleis van die been afval en fyn gekook is.

BRON – Lelane Van Der Walt

LELANE SE GROENTESOP IN DIE PRUTPOT
So ja, pot groente sop is op, reg vir die heerlike reen weer in die Kaap!  Ek sny my groente in stukke, rasper dit nie, want ek hou vd fyn kook van als en al die geure trek in ander groente in.
4-in-1 sop mengsel ( vooraf geweek in kook water)
Aartappels, wortels, turnip, preie, tamaties, seldery, vars pietersielie & alle bevrore groentes wat al lank in vrieskas/yskas is. By my was dit; groen bone, mushroom, broccoli, bell peppers, mielies ens.
Groente & hoender afteksel (ek het die jelly een gebruik).
Ek kook myne op high vir so 5 ure, en dan oornag op low, en more deur die dag op auto. As jy verkies om jou groentes te rasper, is jou tye natuurlik baie korter.

BRONEN FOTO: Lelane Van Der Walt