Dinka's Cookbook
Featured: Family Favourites
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Toad in the Hole with Onion Gravy
Serve immediately with onion gravy or fresh tomato sauce with basil, and a green vegetable. …
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Dalmatinska Pasticada
Serve with freshly boiled fettucini, into which some of the gravy has been stirred. …
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Chicken and Pineapple Salad
Refrigerate for about an hour before serving (not absolutely necessary, but it does help to blend the flavours). …
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Real Beef Stroganov
Serve as soon as possible – it doesn’t improve with keeping – with mashed potatoes (garlic, if possible) and a green vegetable or salad. …
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Scones
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Tips and Notes
Note about Salads
A quick word about seasoning in salads, especially main course salads and those which are going to be served cold. …
Notes on Frittatas
There are a myriad fillings for frittatas. The recipe was originally developed by the thrifty Italians as a way of dealing with leftovers, and turning them into a fairly substantial meal. One of the more ‘famous’ fillings is leftover spaghetti bolognaise! …
Exotic and Interesting
Chutney
Chutney is loan word incorporated into English from Hindi. It is derived from caṭnī , a term for a class of spicy preparations used as an accompaniment for a main dish. Chutneys usually contain an idiosyncratic but complementary spice and vegetable mix. …
Cayenne Pepper
The cayenne pepper – also known as the Guinea pepper or bird pepper or, especially in its powdered form, red pepper – is a hot, red chilli pepper used to flavour dishes and for medicinal purposes. Named for the city of Cayenne in French Guiana, it is a cultivar of C …
Showcase: South Africa
A Simple Breyani
The only authentic thing about this recipe is that the rice and meat is cooked together, but it is much simpler than a real breyani, …
Sosaties
Sosaties may be made any size – from full king-size meal portions to the daintiest cocktail sosaties. …
Cape Malay Chicken Curry
Serve with rice, garnished with dhania leaves, and sambals. …
Starters
Melon and Cucumber Salad
Like the Melon and Mint Salad, this is good as an accompaniment or as a starter. Just serve it chilled in small coupé bowls, or stemmed glasses. Loosely knot some of the cucumber ski …
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Meat Dishes
Toad in the Hole with Onion Gravy
Serve immediately with onion gravy or fresh tomato sauce with basil, and a green vegetable. …
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Desserts
Walnut Pecan Meringue Cake
This is pest of a dessert to cut and serve, but the flavour is phenomenal. Assemble an hour or two before serving so that the meringue softens a little – this does make it a littl …
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Main Course
Stuffed Chicken Breasts Provencale
Ingredients:
10 – 12 chicken breast fillets, with skin
2 – 3 Tbl olive oil
1 medium onion, finely diced
4 – 6 celery sticks, finely diced
250 gr streaky bacon, fai …
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Finger Foods
Gorgonzola and Caramellised Onion Tartlets
The larger muffin size makes a lovely starter. The onion marmalade makes a wonderfully unusual topping for plain grilled fillet steak or caramelize parboiled baby onions, to tos …
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Pasta and Sauce
Baked Rigatoni with Meatballs
Making the meatballs is fairly tedious, but they may be made ahead and frozen – thaw completely before using. Also delicious served as finger food. …
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Soups
Creamy Celeriac Soup
A very delicious soup, but celeriac does seem to have the unattractive quality of creating lots of wind! …
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Vegetarian
Savoury Mushroom Burger
Serve hot, as a burger in a bun with traditional trimmings, or with mashed potatoes or another creamy potato dish and vegetables or salad. …
