September 2019

Woolworths TASTE

The best recipes, dining-in solutions, creative entertaining ideas, food trends and personalities from the South African food industry.

Woolworths TASTE3 min readCooking, Food & Wine
What Makes A Real Braai?
BEFORE I DISCOVERED FOOD MAGAZINES, before the interwebs made it to Africa, everything I learned about how to braai I learned from my friend Lisa. Lisa and I met at university, while working on the student newspaper, and became close over, among othe
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Winning Reader
This month’s winning reader is Fatima Branchina de Abreu, who posted her kitchen triumph on the TASTE recipe club on Facebook. “I tried out the triple-green creamed spinach recipe from the July issue of TASTE magazine. I added the optional Parmesan –
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SUBSCRIBE & WIN
Opinel knives were born in Chambéry in the heart of the French Alps in 1890 and they’re still made in exactly the same way by the fourth generation of the Opinel family. The simplicity and functionality of their design made them instantly popular, ad
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King Of The Kuier
Watching the whole Badenhorst family getting ready for a Sunday braai on their farm Kalmoesfontein in the Swartland is like seeing the members of an accomplished orchestra moving into place. It’s that moment when every musician is testing their instr
Woolworths TASTE1 min readRegional & Ethnic
TREND: Butter-aged steak
After drying the meat in the fridge for four days, Sobczyk submerges it in three kilograms of half-melted, salted butter and ages it for at least 30 days. The shell seals in moisture, but doesn’t create the “metallic” taste some purists associate wit
Woolworths TASTE1 min readCooking, Food & Wine
Bunny Love
The beans: Folks get to choose between broad bean and sugar bean-based curries. The dried legumes are soaked overnight until plump before they’re cooked low and slow in the prepared curry sauce until velvety soft. The masala: “We mix our own blend o
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BUBBLING UNDER Carolize Coetzee
My favourite family recipe is my grandmother’s gingerbread biscuits. She used to bake a lot: vetkoek, mosbolletjies … And she made the best marmalade and ginger beer. Most of the baking recipes I use at Tokara Restaurant were passed down by my family
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WHAT I KNOW NOW Matt Preston
The hardest part of being a judge on MasterChef Australia is saying goodbye to contestants when we’re not ready to see them go. We have a very strict rule that the worst dish is the one to go. Our viewers expect transparency, and they understand, lik
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TV Couch SHOWS potatoes
Watch if: you loved the film Chef The premise: After collaborating on the fabulous film Chef, actor Jon Favreau and food truck star Roy Choi team up again for this Netflix original. The concept is not particularly clear – Roy and Jon cook together,
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DRINK LIKE A PRO SA’s Favourite Braai Wines
Woolies’ senior wine buyer Rebecca Constable knows exactly what you’ll be drinking this Heritage Day, because there are some classics you add to your basket every year. Her insider’s info reveals that these are the six treffers Woolies’ customers lov
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The Taste case
The Grier family of Villiera in Stellenbosch has been making MCC sparkling wines for 35 years and has supplied Woolworths since the retailer’s wine department opened in 1987. For the Brut Natural, no residual sugar is added at bottling and no sulphur
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This Month’s Winemaker Is... Mr Pinotage
In TASTE’s first profile of the winemakers behind Woolies’ Signature range, the legendary Beyers Truter of Beyerskloof talks about the Signature Pinotage (R169.99) and his favourite braai tips Not many people know that the Signature Pinotage is a
Woolworths TASTE5 min readCooking, Food & Wine
Road Trip!
Most people head to Nieu-Bethesda to feast their eyes on Helen Martins’ famous Owl House, but there’s plenty of reason to also pop in at André du Toit’s house, just a stone’s throw away. He serves freshly baked cakes and croissants and the best coffe
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The Sweetness Of Lemons
Many years ago when I left South Africa to work and travel overseas as some of us were privileged enough to do, I wrote my parents an emotional, filled-with-all-the-clichés-and-angst-of-an-early-20-something letter explaining my reasons for travellin
Woolworths TASTE2 min readCooking, Food & Wine
Tender Is The Bite
SERVING SUGGESTION: Black garlic gnocchi with spring greens: Fry Woolworths’ fresh gnocchi in 1–2 T olive oil until lightly golden on each side, then remove from the pan and set aside. To make the black garlic-and-lemon butter, melt 100 g butter in a
Woolworths TASTE3 min readCooking, Food & Wine
The Avocado Tree
My grandparents told me the avocado tree had been there since the birth of their last child, my aunt Agnes, who was nine years older than me. In a yard full of fruitful trees at their home in Masvingo, Zimbabwe, it was the only one that had never bor
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Pick-up Sticks
Serves 4 to 6EASY GREAT VALUE Preparation: 15 minutes Cooking: 30 minutes honey ¼ cupsoya sauce 4 Trice vinegar 2 Tgarlic flakes ½ tsriracha sauce 1 tcornflour ½ tfree-range chicken thigh fillets 900 g, halved lengthwaysfresh coconut 4 T, gr
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A Sticky Situation
ESPETADA Synonymous with Portugal, the espetada originated in Madeira where cubed meat is seasoned, threaded onto bay laurel skewers, and cooked over hot coals. KEBAB It’s become a catch-all term in the English-speaking world for any food grilled on
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Big Little Sides
“This is my new take on gem squash and I love it! For the pumpkin, keep the seeds intact for the initial braaiing. This prevents the pumpkin from burning and caramelises it, making it sweet and tender.” Serves 4 EASY GREAT VALUE Preparation:
Woolworths TASTE5 min readCooking, Food & Wine
Sea Salt Fish Fire
“A whole braaied fish is definitely the way to go this summer – it looks impressive and needs hardly any work, especially when it comes ready-stuffed from Woolies.” Serves 4 EASY GREAT VALUE Preparation: 5 minutes Cooking: 25 minutes Wool
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The Green Light
“Baked tofu adds texture and protein to an easy stir-fry you’ll make again and again.” Serves 4 EASY Preparation: 20 minutes, plus 30 minutes’ draining time Cooking: 30 minutes Woolworths firm tofu 1 x 297 g cartonpeanut oil 1 Tsoya sauce
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The Kitchen Goddess
“I made this recipe for episode 5 of The Perfect Ace. On this show, I would go to people’s homes and show them how to make special meals using everyday ingredients. When we presented this meal, the family was almost in tears.” Serves 6 to 8 EASY
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Veg Clout
Who is this book for? It’s for everyone! Obviously it’s for veggies, but importantly this book is also for meat eaters who want to include a bit more of the good stuff in their weekly meals. It’s a fully meat-free, veg-based cookbook with a good wod
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SMOKE & MIRRORS
Makes 150 g Move over, garlic butter, these new braai butters will transform everything from corn on the cob to crispy potatoes. Soften 150 g salted butter, add 3 T ground turmeric, 2 T maple syrup and 50 g toasted sesame seeds. Dry toast the sesa
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Maputo’s Magic
Visiting Maputo is a bit like driving overseas for the weekend. Suddenly you’re in a very different place, both familiar and strange, with little cultural cues from a contradictory colonial history. It is a mellow, slightly shabby Latino-African capi
Woolworths TASTE2 min readCooking, Food & Wine
Tips And Techniques For The Master Cook
Adding flavour to meat can be done in two ways: dry seasonings or rubs or liquid marinades. Rubs can be added before or after cooking: rub them into the meat before cooking or sprinkle on afterwards. Marinades need a little longer, but not as long as
Woolworths TASTE2 min readRegional & Ethnic
Final Tidbit
Siya Kolisi, captain of the Springbok rugby team @siya_kolisi_the_bear Q: What are your all-time favourite dishes? A: ROAST LAMB, FOLLOWED BY PEPPERMINT CRISP TART In honour of Siya, and his fellow bokke, we’ve invented a new kind of Peppermi

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