We have just returned from a week at Ekuthuleni, click here for my report and some pictures.
You can also see some more photos here

Since Ekuthuleni we have also been to Hazyview Cabanas, for my write-up and pictures click here

At the end of this month we are visiting the Morrumbene Beach Lodge in Mozambique. More about that in the next letter.
 

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The Recipes

Baked boerewors ring
Ingredients
750 g boerewors
500 ml apple cubes, peeled
brown sugar
70 g margarine
280 g self-raising flour
2 ml mixed herbs
1 large onion, chopped
2 ml salt
1 egg
250 ml milk

Method:
Preheat the oven to 180 ºC (375 ºF). Grease a 23 cm flan tin. Cut wors into portions, about the depth of the flan tin. Cut each portion in half, lengthwise. Mix apple cubes with a little sugar, arrange in the bottom of the flan tin. Arrange pieces of wors round the inside edge of the tin. Stand the pieces of wors upright round the inside edge of the flan tin. Rub margarine into self-raising flour. Add mixed herbs, onion and salt. Beat egg and milk together and mix with flour mixture. Spoon the batter carefully into the flan tin, taking care that the pieces of wors remain in position. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes until a testing skewer inserted into the dough comes out clean. Loosen the edges and turnout on to a serving platter.

Boerewors curry

Ingredients
10 ml sunflower oil
1 onion, chopped
500 g beef boerewors, cut into chunks
20 ml medium curry powder
10 ml crushed garlic
250 g baby potatoes, halved
1 can curry-flavoured chopped tomatoes

Method:
1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the onion and fry until soft. Add the boerewors to the pan and fry until the sausage is lightly browned.
2. Stir in the curry powder and garlic, and cook for approximately one minute.
3. Add the potatoes, tomatoes and 300 ml hot water to the mixture. Bring it to the boil before reducing the heat and simmering, covered, for approximately 20 minutes or until the potatoes are soft. Serve with rice and sambals or on fresh bread rolls.

Boerewors and chutney samoosas

Ingredients
10 ml sunflower oil
1 onion, chopped
500 g thick boerewors
50 ml fruit chutney
30 g freshly chopped coriander
2 fresh chillies, chopped (optional, or only use 1)
4 sheets phyllo pastry or
1 packet samoosa pastry strips
sunflower oil for deep-frying
extra chutney or sweet chilli sauce, to serve

Method:
Heat the sunflower oil in a frying pan and sauté the onion until soft.
Squeeze the meat out of the boerewors casings and add to the pan.
Stir well and fry over a medium heat until the meat has browned and is dry.
Stir in the chutney, coriander and chillies and cook for one minute. Remove from the heat.
Use samoosa pastry strips or cut phyllo pastry into eight x 24 cm length strips. Place a teaspoon of filling on the end of a strip and fold over to form a triangle.
Continue folding over until all pastry is used. Mix a little cornflour and cold water to form a paste.
Brush a little paste onto the end of the pastry and press down to stick it closed.
Heat oil over a medium heat and deep-fry samoosas until golden. Drain on absorbent paper.
Serve with extra chutney or sweet chilli sauce for dipping.

Boerewors and vegetable bake
Ingredients
2 green peppers, seeded and sliced into thin strips
2 medium onions, thinly sliced
4 plump cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
8 fairly small tomatoes
10 ml dried origanum
pinch crushed dried chilli flakes (optional)
30 ml olive oil
salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 kg good-quality boerewors
cooked mieliepap to serve

Method:
Preheat the oven to 180 ºC. Arrange the green peppers, onions, garlic and tomatoes in a medium-sized ovenproof dish. Sprinkle the origanum and chilli flakes on top. Add the oil and mix. Season generously with salt and pepper. Brown the boerewors , twisted into 10 cm lengths, rapidly in a little oil in a heavy-based saucepan, remove from the pan and arrange on top of the vegetables. Bake for about 20 minutes or until the boerewors and vegetables are done. (Brown under the oven grill if necessary.) Serve with cooked mieliepap and the pan juices.

Boerewors hash
Ingredients
1 kg boerewors
1 onion, coarsely chopped
6 rashers bacon, chopped
400 g can tomatoes
50 ml chopped fresh parsley
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
45 ml chutney
410 g can butter beans, drained
Method:
Fry the boerewors until done, remove from the pan and cut into bite-sized pieces.
Fry the onion and bacon in the same pan until done.
Add the tomatoes and parsley and bring to the boil.
Simmer until the sauce is thick and fragrant.
Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Add the chutney, butter beans and boerewors and simmer for 5 minutes.

Boerewors pie

Ingredients
500 g boerewors, casings removed
1 onion, sliced into rings
oil
2 extra-large eggs, beaten
125 ml milk
salt and pepper
2 ml mustard powder
25 ml finely chopped parsley
50 g grated Cheddar cheese

Method:
Preheat the oven to 180 ºC (350 ºF). Spray a 20 cm oven dish with non-stick spray. Roll the sausage meat into balls and arrange in the prepared dish. Sauté the onion in a little oil till soft and spoon over the meat. Mix the remaining ingredients well and pour over the meat. Bake for 40 minutes or till the egg mixture has set and the meat is done. Serve with a salad. Serves 4.

Pap and wors
Ingredients
600 g boerewors
120 g mealie meal
625 ml water
salt
80 g Cheddar cheese, grated
410 g tomato and onion mix
25 ml chilli and garlic sauce
salt and pepper to taste

Method:
Preheat the oven to 180 ºC (350 ºF). Spray a round ovenproof dish with non-stick spray. Arrange the boerewors in a spiral and fry in a heated pan till brown and done. Blend the mealie meal with 125 ml water and heat the remaining water. Add the blended mealie meal when the water boils. Add a pinch of salt and stir till the porridge boils and thickens. Simmer till done. Stir in a little Cheddar cheese, reserving the rest to sprinkle on top. Turn the porridge into the prepared dish. Still keeping the boerewors in a spiral, place it on top of the porridge. Heat the tomato and onion mix and chilli and garlic sauce. Season to taste with salt and pepper and simmer for about 5 minutes. Spoon over the boerewors and sprinkle with the remaining cheese. Bake for 15-20 minutes or till heated through. Serves 4-6.

Mieliebieliebolle

Ingredients
500 ml water
2 ml salt
250 ml maize meal
250 ml cheese
300 g boerewors
oil for deep frying

Method:
1. In a glass bowl pour boiling water, add salt and maize meal, stir to mix until smooth.
2. Place bowl in microwave and cook on high for 4 minutes, remove and give it a thorough stir. Add cheese return to microwave and cook for another 4 minutes on high.
3. Fry boerewors and cut into pieces. While the pap is still hot, take a handful, flatten it and insert a piece of wors.
4. Wrap pap around wors so that the wors is completely enclosed to form balls. Roll balls in corn crumbs and deep fry in hot oil until golden.
5. Drain on a kitchen paper. Serve warm with your favourite sauce.

Quick sausage rolls
Ingredients
500 g pork sausages, frankfurters or boerewors
8 thin slices white bread, crusts removed
200 g butter, softened
7 ml mustard powder

Method:
Turn on the oven grill. Grease a baking sheet with margarine. Cook the sausage by frying in a pan, boiling in water or grilling in he oven. Flatten each slice of bread with a rolling pin and spread both sides with the mustard butter (add the mustard powder to the butter amd mix well). Wrap a sausage in each slice of bread and secure with toothpicks. Place the sausage rolls an the prepared baking sheet. Grill until the bread is golden brown. Remove the toothpicks and serve with extra mustard and coleslaw. (If your children don't like mustard, serve their rolls with tomato sauce.) Makes 8 sausage rolls.

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