What To Substitute For Missing Ingredients
Cookbook author Chantal Lascaris shares her secrets on quick-fix substitute ingredients.
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May 201 min read
WATCH: How To Poach Eggs Perfectly
For fool-proof poached eggs, try this technique born out of a restaurant’s need for perfection without any waste. No swirling required!
May 131 min read
WATCH: How To Slice & Chop Different Vegetables
Here’s how to chop and slice many different types of veggies. From making your snap peas look fancy to prepping and chopping leeks, celery,
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WATCH: How To Frost Every Cake
Learn many different frosting techniques, from how to create petals to perfecting writing on a cake. Watch the demonstration to level up you
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WATCH: How To Butcher Different Types Of Poultry
When you butcher your chicken, turkey, duck (or even quail) at home you get the benefit of not only reducing waste and using the carcass for
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HOW TO: Make An Easy Pork and Apple Sausage Roll
Make this delicious, ask-for-more pork and apple sausage roll. The recipe is very easy with just a few ingredients.
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WATCH: How To Check If Your Meat Is Done
Medium to well? Well done or rare? It’s one thing to order it in the restaurant, but how do you make the perfect steak to your taste at home
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WATCH: How To Peel & Devein Prawns
Watch this demonstration of how to peel and devein prawns like a professional.
Apr 11 min read
WATCH: How To Sear Meat Perfectly
Watch a professional chef demonstrate how to master the Maillard reaction and sear meat perfectly.
Mar 252 min read
WATCH: How To Remove the Gland From A Leg Of Lamb
Carmen Siologas explains why you need to remove the gland from a leg of lamb. Plus: watch a butcher demonstrates how to do it yourself.
Mar 185 min read
Pickled Fish: Which Method Is Best?
Which fish do you use for pickled fish? And should you just dust the fish with just flour, or should you use batter? We find out from experi
Mar 181 min read
WATCH: The Best (And Worst) Ways To Cut Onions
Watch this demonstration on how to cut onions with the least amount of tears.
Mar 111 min read
WATCH: How To Deep-Fry Anything Perfectly
From the right type of equipment to the right types of oil, a professional chef explains step-by-step how you can deep fry just about anythi
Mar 41 min read
WATCH: How To Grind Almost Every Spice
If you’ve ever shied away from grinding your own whole spices at home, it’s time to put that in the past. This instructional video from an e
Feb 191 min read
Watch: How To Make Potato Pavé
Create potato pavé at home: layers of thinly sliced potato are cooked slowly and pressed together overnight to give you a stunning classic.
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Ujeqe (Steamed Bread)
One of my favourite dishes is ujeqe (steamed bread) with my mum’s fried cabbage. Hers is the best – fluffy and delicious.
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Aunty Mina’s Spicy Chicken And Corn Soup
I learned to make this delicious, spicy, rich chicken-and-corn soup from my favourite aunty, Aunty Minatjie.
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Moong Dhal Curry
I spotted a packet of green Moong lentils and a packet of braising spice and decided to make a curry, instead of a normal dhal.
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Popcorn Popping Tips
Read on for tips on making oil-free popcorn and a genius hack for stove-top popping.
Jul 1, 20231 min read
How To Make Lamb Shank Stew In The Electric Pressure Cooker
My pressure cooker is a winner, especially with loadshedding. I made a green bean stew in mine, a dish my mom made so often when I was young
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