Honey & Almond Paris–Brest – A Bridgerton-Inspired Choux Pastry

An elegant Honey & Almond Paris–Brest inspired by Bridgerton. Crisp choux pastry filled with light praline cream scented with honey. Elegant, timeless, and quietly indulgent, this Honey & Almond Paris–Brest is inspired by An Offer from a Gentleman — refined on the outside, rich within. A crisp ring of choux pastry encases a light almond […]

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Beef Bulgogi Mince

Fast, saucy, and weeknight-friendly. This beef bulgogi mince is everything you love about classic bulgogi — sweet, savoury, garlicky and glossy — but made faster and more accessible using extra-lean beef mince. No long slicing, no fancy prep, just bold Korean-inspired flavour that comes together in minutes. The sauce clings to the mince beautifully, thanks […]

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Jutland Sandwiches: A Durban Beach Childhood Memory

Some recipes aren’t written down because they were never meant to be.They’re remembered instead. Growing up in Durban, beach days weren’t complete without Jutland sandwiches. They were simple, unfussy, and wrapped up early in the morning before heading off with towels, umbrellas, and a cooler box. No fancy fillings. Just sardines, chilli onion, fresh coriander […]

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Chicken Souvlaki

Simple, smoky, and full of lemony Greek flavour. Chicken souvlaki is one of those recipes that proves you don’t need a long ingredient list to make something truly memorable. Good chicken, lemon, garlic, oregano, olive oil — that’s it. When those few things are given time to work together, the result is juicy, deeply flavoured […]

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Chocolate Cherry Lamingtons Recipe

Chocolate Cherry Lamington recipe Cherry Jam Ingredients 500g fresh cherries, pitted 1/4 cup caster sugar Juice of 1/2 lemon 1 tsp cornflour Butter Cake Ingredients 125 g butter, softened 1 cup caster sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 3 eggs, room temperature 1 3/4 cups cake flour 3.5 tsp baking powder 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup […]

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