With autumn in full swing and the festive Christmas season knocking on the door, it was to this seasonal ‘palette’ of flavours and treats I turned to for inspiration when designing this menu. I also had had an extremely busy time with my day job and therefore needed to be canny with what available time…
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Christmas Afternoon Tea Sunday 14 December 2014
I always look forward to designing my Christmas afternoon tea menu each year. There are so many wonderful flavours and delicious food to match the festivity of the season. While there were the usual suspects of my signature Christmas cake and mince pies, I experimented a little with incorporating other seasonal flavours into the menu…
Baked tomatoes with pearl barley, olive & caper stuffing
Tomatoes take on a rich, sweet, flavour when baked and I love the colourfulness of this dish. I was inspired to make concoct this recipe one weekend lunch time as I had some olives and lemons that needed using up along with some cupboard staples. If you don’t have pearl barley, you can always substitute…
Lunch at Avontuur
I’ve was fortunate enough to recently pay my dear parents a visit in sunny South Africa and we had a lovely meal at Avontuur Wine Estate. I’ve posted a review of our experience under ‘Eating Out’. A direct link to my musings is here.