Come Dine With Me South Africa 7: Episode 2 recipes

Written by TVSA Team from the blog BBC Lifestyle on 19 Nov 2021
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Another four Joziburg South Africans delivered menus galore on Wednesday's Come Dine with Me South Africa, which was won by Hugh Fraser who served meals inspired by his world travels.

His competition consisted of digital marketer Adele, law student Robyn and gin distributor Themba.

These are the recipes they made:

Adele

NAME OF DISH	Cheese filled phyllo pockets served with roasted tomatoes and onion marmelade
RECIPE SERVES (no of people)	6
PREPERATION TIME	30 min for filling, cool for 30 min, 20min prep – oven for 25min Total time 1:30
INGREDIENTS	Quantity & unit	Ingredient
	I box – use 4 sheets approx	Phyllo pastry
	1 tub	Marscapone cheese
	1 tub	Ricotta cheese
	To taste	Salt & black pepper
	½ cup	Cheddar cheese
	1 tub	Cream cheese
	To taste	Herbs
	Tbsp or so	Onion marmelade
	Punnet	Vine/Rosa tomatoes
METHOD	Iin the nutribullet mix up the cheeses and spice and chopped onion
	Cut the phyllo in the size needed – squares, coat each layer with a mix of olive oil and melted butter
	Scoop tablespoons of the cheese mix into the phyllo and ‘tie’ at the top. Place in fridge until ready for the oven
	Place vine tomatoes in a roasting dish with olive oil and herbs and veg seasoning – roast for 30 min Put the phyllo into the oven for 25 min at 180C or until brown
	Serve on a tbsp of onion marmalade and tomatoes on the side
NOTES

NAME OF DISH	Oxtail with mash and green beans
RECIPE SERVES (no of people)	4 - 6
PREPERATION TIME	45min plus 1.5hr to cook
INGREDIENTS	Quantity & unit	Ingredient
	1 – 1.5kg	oxtail
	1	Stalk of celery
	1-2	onion
	3	bay leaves
	1-2	Garlic cloves
	300 ml	Red wine
	2 cups	Beef stock
	1 packet	Tomato puree
	To taste	Salt & pepper
	½ tsp	Thyme
METHOD	1. Brown the oxtail in the instant pot on saute mode
	2. Remove meat, fry together, onion, garlic, celery for 10min
	3. Add meat, thyme and bay leaves. Stir in wine, stock and puree
	4. Cook on high pressure for 1.5hr – natural release for 30min
	5. Boil potatoes, once soft, drain, mash with butter and cream
	6. Fry the edamame beans in oil with salt and pepper
NOTES	Serve with mash and edamame beans

NAME OF DISH	Ouma’s appletart served with cream and cardamom and ginger ice cream
RECIPE SERVES (no of people)	4
PREPERATION TIME	25 min, plus 25min to bake – ice cream to freeze 6 hrs
INGREDIENTS	Quantity & unit	Ingredient
	3tbsp	butter
	1 cup sugar	sugar
	1 tsp	Baking powder
	1 tsp	vanilla
	3	eggs
	1 cup	flour
	1 tsp	Vanilla extract
	¼ cup	milk
	Sauce
	½ cup	Milk
	½ cup	Amarula
	½ cup	Sugar
	1 tin	Ideal milk
	Icecream
	½ tin	Condensed milk
	600ml	Cream
	1 tsp	Vanilla
	Ginger and cardamom	To taste
METHOD	1. Mix the butter and sugar
	2. Add eggs
	3. Sift flour, baking powder and salt and add to with the milk to the mix
	4. Into dishes, add apples
	5. Bake for 25min on 160C
	6. Sauce – add all ingredients to boil, and pour over the tarts
	7. Ice cream – add cream, and condensed milk in mixer, add the spice to taste. Into loaf pan into freezer for 5 hours

Hugh

NAME OF DISH	Khachapuri cheese bread with aubergine walnut roses
RECIPE SERVES (no of people)	4
PREPARATION TIME	4 hours, including proving of dough
INGREDIENTS	Quantity & unit	Ingredient
	1 cup	Milk
	2 packs	Yeast
	3 cups	Flour
	110g	Soft butter
	500g	Mozzarella
	340g	Goat cheese
	To taste	Salt and pepper
	1	egg
	3	Aubergines
	Mix	Walnuts, onion,garlic,parsley,saffron,coriander, white wine vinegar
Method: Bread	Warm the milk to lukewarm. About 38 degrees. Pour half the milk into a bowl, sprinkle the yeast and half a teaspoon of sugar. Stir and allow to sit for 10 minutes. Stir in the rest of the milk. In a large bowl place 3 cups of the flour, make a well in the middle. Pour in the yeast mixture a teaspoon of sugar and the butter. Stir with a wooden spoon until a firm ball is made. Place the dough on a wooden board and knead for 10 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, cover with a tea towel and allow to double in size for about an hour and a half. Punch down in size and allow to rise again, about 40 minutes. Meantime, grate the mozzarella and crumble with the goat cheese. Mix with the egg. Preheat the oven to 190 degrees. Punch the double down and roll out on a wooden surface. Create a boat with the dough, folding at the ends. Fill with the cheese mixture. Brush the top with butter and bake for an hour. Serve warm.
Method: roses	Cut eggplant lengthwise so you get 3-4 pieces out of one. Place them in a bowl and add salt. Leave it like that for at least 30 minutes so that eggplant softens. Fry them on both sides. Do note that it will require lots of oil to fry them well. Once you are done let them cool. Meanwhile, ground walnuts in food processor along with the dried herbs. Remove the mixture from the bowl. Finally, chop the onion and fry in the same pan you fried the eggplants. Once it’s cool, add to walnut mixture with its oil. Add pressed garlic, chopped parsley, vinegar, peppers, and salt to the walnut mix and mix them with your hands. Take fried pieces of eggplant and spread the walnut mixture very lightly. Either roll it or fold in half. Once done, add pomegranate seeds for decoration.

NAME OF DISH	Libyan Fish Tagin
RECIPE SERVES (no of people)	4
PREPARATION TIME	1 hour
INGREDIENTS	Quantity & unit	Ingredient
	2	Red peppers
	1.3kg	Tomatoes
	¼ cup	Olive oil
	1 medium	Onion
	6	Cloves garlic
	1	Chilli
	1 tsp	Cumin
	1tsp	Caraway
	½ tsp	Cinnamon
	1kg	hake/ kingclip
	¼ cup	Coriander, fresh
	¼	Parsley
	2	Lemons
	Harissa paste
METHOD	Blister the peppers on a gas ring. When black, sweat in a plastic bag. Blanch the tomatoes to remove the skins. Then mash the tomatoes. In the tagine, cook the onion. Add the chilli and garlic. Add the spices. Cook for about 30 minutes. Add the fish and cook for about 8 minutes. Serve with the parsley, coriander, lemon and harissa.
	Potatoes: chop, boil, bake in oven for one hour with herbs
	Spinach: steam until wilted
NOTES

NAME OF DISH	Lemon Basil Ice-cream and nut crumble
RECIPE SERVES (no of people)	4
PREPERATION TIME	24 hours, including prep and chilling and freezing
INGREDIENTS	Quantity & unit	Ingredient
	300ml	Milk
	30	Basil leaves
	Rind of	Lemon
	100g	Caster sugar
	4	Egg yolks
	Juice of 1	Lemon
	150ml	Whipping cream
METHOD	Heat milk to just before boiling. Add basil leaves and lemon rind. Leave to infuse for an hour. Beat sugar and yolks until pale. Strain and press milk and basil. Stir fluid into the egg mixture. Using a temporary bain marie, stir the mixture until it thickens slightly. Add lemon juice to custard. Beat cream lightly, add to custard. Freeze in an ice cream maker.
Nut Crumble	Add Macadamia nuts, brown sugar and butter to food processor and pulse until resembles coarse sand.

Robyn

NAME OF DISH	Remy’s Vegetable soup with freshly baked bread
RECIPE SERVES (no of people)	6 - 8
PREPERATION TIME	4 hours
INGREDIENTS	Quantity & unit	Ingredient
	1 kg	bag of soup vegetables: Includes carrots, turnip, potatoes and celery
	1	Large onion finely diced
	1	Beef cube
	½ cup	flour
	½ cup / bunch	Fresh herbs
	1tsp	Garlic
	To taste	Salt and pepper
	½ cup	White sugar
	1 ½ tablespoon	Dry Yeast
	¼ cup 5-6 cups	vegetable oil Flour
		White paper
METHOD FOR SOUP	Grate All vegetables. Put water in pot and add seasoning Add grated vegetables and wait for them to be soft Add flour and water to thicken soup Serve with freshly baked bread
Method for bread:	In a large bowl, dissolve the sugar in warm water and then add yeast. Allow to proof until yeast resembles a foam, Give it 5 minutes
	Mix salt and oil into the yeast. Mix in flour one cup at a time
	Knead dough for 7 minutes. Place in well oiled bowl and turn dough to coat. Cover with a damp cloth. Allow to rest until doubled in size. (Leave for 1 hour)
	Punch dough down. Knead for 1 minute and divide in half. Shape into rolls and place on a greased tray. Allow to rise for another 30 minutes
	Finely chop onions, chillies, coriander and mint, add to mixture. Add Ginger and garlic paste and mix all together
	Bake at 175 degrees Celsius for 30-40 minutes
	Cool, brush with butter and enjoy

NAME OF DISH	Belle’s Oxtail in red wine sauce served with creamy mashed potatoes
RECIPE SERVES (no of people)	4 - 6
PREPERATION TIME	4 hours
INGREDIENTS	Quantity & unit	Ingredient
	1 kg	Bag of carrots
	2kg	Oxtail
	1	Bottle of Nederburg Pinotage
	1 bunch	Fresh Thyme
	1	Bay Leaf
	1 bunch	Fresh Rosemary
	1tsp	Garlic
	1tsp	Cumin seeds
	1	Large onion, diced
	1 tbsp	Ginger-garlic paste
		Cream
	1	Knorr Beef and Onion Soup
	To taste	Salt and Pepper
	8	Potatoes
	2	Onions
		Oil and water
	½ tsp	Vanilla essence
	½ Cup	Milk Butter
		Samp
METHOD	Clean and cut oxtail into smaller portions. Trim off extra fat. Lightly coat oxtail with plain flour and shake off excess flour.
	Melt butter in a frying pan. Fry oxtail for 10 to 15 minutes till brown. Set aside.
	Sauté onion for 15 minutes. Pour in red wine and cook for a while. Mix in beef and onion mixture, thyme, beef stock and bay leaf. Bring it to a boil. Toss oxtail into the mixture. Cover and cook over low heat for 3-4 hours till tender. Remove bay leaf. Correct consistency and season, add boiled carrots.
METHOD FOR MASHED POTATO	Peel 6-8 potatoes and cut in cubes. Boil potatoes with salt until they’re soft.
	Mash potatoes with butter until smooth with no lumps and mix in milk, white onion soup and vanilla. Add pepper for seasoning
	Caramelize Onions and add to top of mashed potatoes when serving

NAME OF DISH	Alice’s Winter Wonderland Malva Pudding
RECIPE SERVES (no of people)	6-8
PREPERATION TIME	30-40 minutes
INGREDIENTS	Quantity & unit	Ingredient

	1 cup	Flour
	1 Cup	Sugar
	1	Egg
	1 tsp	Bicarb
	1 Cup	Milk
	2 Table Spoons	of Apricot Jam
	60g	Butter/Margarine melted
	Syrup
	125g	Butter/Margarine
	1 Cup	Sugar
	5ml	Vanilla Essence
	1 Cup	Fresh Cream
	¼	Rapidly boiling water
	1	Can of Whipped cream

	1 Punnet	Strawberries
	1 Tin	Canned apricots


METHOD FOR MALVA PUDDING	Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Put everything into a bowl, mix well, together. Grease your pan, place in oven dish and bake for about 20-30 minutes, should not be overbaked. Just ensure mixture is baked through before removing.

METHOD FOR SYRUP	Melt butter. Add sugar and vanilla essence, once melted add fresh cream. Once it starts boiling, add half a cup of rapidly boiling water, stir well.
	The minute it starts boiling remove from the plate. Once cake is baked, remove from the oven and immediately pour syrup onto the cake. Covering completely and jabbing little holes all around to ensure saturation.
	Leave to soak through and serve with whipped cream and custard. Add Strawberry and apricot on top.

Themba

NAME OF DISH	A Bao to Start
RECIPE SERVES (no of people)	4
PREPERATION TIME	3 hours
INGREDIENTS	Quantity & unit	Ingredient
	1 kg	Yeast
	1	Milk
	4	Sugar
	2.5 Cups	Flour
	1.5 tsp	Baking Powder
	1/4 cup	Olive Oil
	1kg	Pork Belly
	1 litre	Coca Cola
	Teaspoons	Spices
	6	Limes
	200mls	milk
METHOD	1.Cook Pork in Pressure Cooker for 1 hour with Cola and Spices. Mix Milk, Yeast, Sugar and leave to rest .
	2. Mix Flour , baking powder , sugar , olive oil. Mix Yeast and Flour until dough formed . Kneed dough on a counter top for 5 mins . Place dough in a oiled bowl for 2 hours to rise .
	3. Reduce Cola , Soy Sauce and Sugar .
	4. Remove Pork from cooker and shred with a fork on a baking tray . Coat with Cola Reduction . Crisp on High Heat.
	5. Roll dough out flat and cut into desired circles . Fold discs in half and brush the inside side with oil . Rest again for 30 mins.
	3. Cut Tomato , Red Onion , Chillie , Coriander and Combine with Lime Juice .
	3. Place cooking paper in the steamer and place boa buns inside . Steam for 12 mins . Rest in pot for 3 mins after.
	6. Serve pork on Buns with salsa with a lime wedge and dollop of sour cream on the plate .
NOTES

NAME OF DISH	Time to Duck
RECIPE SERVES (no of people)	4
PREPERATION TIME	3 Hours
INGREDIENTS	Quantity & unit	Ingredient
	4	Duck Legs
		Thyme /Garlic
		Salt Pepper
	1 Tub 250g	Duck Fat
	2 heads	Cauliflower
	1 knob	Butter
		Garlic Powder
	12	Baby Carrots
	1/2 Cup	Balsamic Vinegar
METHOD	Place Duck legs in a shallow dish , with salt and pepper , Thyme Duck Fat and place in the oven for 2 hours .
	Break up cauliflower heads and steam for 15 mins .
	Blitz cauliflower with a knob of butter , seasoning .
	Place carrots in a silver disposable tray with olive oil and balsamic along side duck for 30-40 mins .
	In a pan reduce Red Wine , stock , Thyme for jus
	Plate
NOTES	Offer a nice bottle of Red .

NAME OF DISH	Thieves Baklava
RECIPE SERVES (no of people)	4
PREPERATION TIME	2 hours
INGREDIENTS	Quantity & unit	Ingredient
	8 sheets	Phyllo Pastry
	2 Cups	Mixed Nuts
	2 Table Spoons	Cinnamon
	2 Table Spoons	Raw brown sugar
	1 Cup	Sugar
	1 Cup	Water
	250g	Metled Butter
	1 Cup	Full fat cream
	1 tsp	Vanilla extract
	1	Orange

METHOD	Make a vanilla and citrus syrup from Sugar and Water over high heat with Vanilla and Orange essence . ( Cool in fridge once done )
	Blend nuts , Roast in a pan . Mix Nut mixture with Cinnamon and Sugar . Melt Butter .
	Spread 4 sheets phyllo pastry , Coat top sheet with Butter , Dust Nut Mixture and roll .
	Cut into wheels and place in shallow buttered dish . Pour excess melted butter over all wheels .
	Place in oven for 1 hour or until golden brown .
	Remove and Pour syrup over while very hot .
	Leave to soak up syrup until serving time .
	Whip cream .
	Serve Baklava with cream and mint leaf .
	Make an accompanying coffee .