This recipe for whipped vanilla shortbread comes from my second cookbook ‘sweet’ and is super easy. It makes irresistible melt-in-the-mouth biscuits and was given to…
This recipe for guavas poached in a chamomile syrup with vanilla & cinnamon is my absolute favourite way to eat this winter fruit. The heady…
Quince is inedible hard and fury when fresh and look like they just stepped right out of biblical times. When cooked however their flesh becomes…
These delicious vanilla-poached meringues – or îles flottantes as the French would call them – are like eating a sweet cloud. Covered in silky crème…
Vanilla is my favourite spice. I love it so much I named my car after it and dedicated an entire chapter in my book ‘Sweet’…
When deciding what to call this recipe I realised people know these gorgeous melt-in-the-mouth chocolate covered malt balls by different names. In America they are…
Most fruit is perfect just the way that it is, but there are some that reach their full potential when cooked. The apricot is one…
There are few better ways to enjoy guava’s than when they are lightly poached in a sugar syrup. I love to add star anise and vanilla to…
This is a dense vanilla sponge cake smothered in poached quince slices and perfect for a winter’s tea.
As the chilly temperatures arrive in Cape Town and the rain comes down, I start looking for the comfort of hot oats for breakfast. Low…