Recipes by Jeanne Horak-Druiff

United Kingdom Chef

	Chocolate and cherry clafoutis - with wild cherries by Jeanne Horak-Druiff To cherry-pick.To pop somebody's cherry.To want a bite of the cherry.Life is a bowl of cherries.Cherry-red.Isn't it funny how some fruits enter not only our diet but also the popular consciousness in the form of idiomatic expressions? How many idiomatic expressions can you think of using watermelons or strawberries? But somehow…	1 vote 1201 views
	It's National Braai/BBQ Day - here's the braai recipe roundup! by Jeanne Horak-Druiff The French have their onion soup. The Americans have their apple pie. The Germans have their Bratwurst and Sauerkraut. What do we South African have? Well, to my mind nothing defines us (in a culinary sense, anyway!) better than a braai. As a South…	1 vote 514 views
	Easy mustard-crusted fish fillets by Jeanne Horak-Druiff On the airport bus in Malmö a couple of weeks ago, I was seated in front of a group of twentysomethings whose clipped vowels betrayed their expensive education. I kind of filtered out the first part of their conversation which was all about where they'd been on their weekend in Malmö, but paid a little more attention when they…	1 vote 939 views
	Souskluitjies (cinnamon dumplings) revisited by Jeanne Horak-Druiff [As I am currently on holiday, this is an edited re-posting of one of the first traditional South African desserts that I ever posted on this blog, over five years ago in 2004. The photo is also from 2004, before anybody told me not to use a flash in food photography... You've come a long way, baby!]My mom used to make many dishes…	1 vote 1430 views
	Whole leg of lamb on the braai/BBQ by Jeanne Horak-Druiff People often ask me who my favourite chef or cookbook writer is, and I never hesitate to answer Nigel Slater. His Kitchen Diaries transformed the way I thought about cookbooks - here for the first time was somebody who cooked exactly the way I aspired to - and took aspirational photos to boot! I love Nigel. Which makes it all the…	1 vote 743 views
	Choc-kit cookies - a taste of home by Jeanne Horak-Druiff Have you noticed how many good things come in sandwich format?Whoopie pies, for one - like the indulgent red velvet ones that my friend Mowie brought around to my house when he came for lunch (and foraging!) a couple of weeks ago.Or macarons - like the raspberry tea & chocolate tahini ganache ones that my darling…	1 vote 670 views
	Roast butternut squash & Gorgonzola salad by Jeanne Horak-Druiff The human mind is a funny thing. On paper, it is this huge, impressive and ultra-reliable super-computer. It tells your heart exactly how many times per minute to beat to keep you alive; it keeps you breathing even when you are fast asleep. It remembers your birthday; remembers how to ride a bicycle after many years; and remembers…	1 vote 382 views
	Beef brisket with braai (BBQ) sauce potjiekos by Jeanne Horak-Druiff STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT:The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans or Britons. The French eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans or Britons. The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans or Britons. The Italians drink large amounts of…	1 vote 1098 views
	Lavender and herb crusted roast lamb shoulder by Jeanne Horak-Druiff I often wonder how any non-English native speaker learns to speak English with any proficiency. First there is the non-phonetic pronounciation (I mean, c'mon, did YOU know how to say Leicestershire, thoroughly or psyche the first time you saw?); then there is the lack of consistency (through, rough and cough should rhyme, right? And…	1 vote 502 views
	Grilled goat's cheese and pear salad with cranberries & pine nuts by Jeanne Horak-Druiff It's grey outside...the sun sets by 4pm (well, it does in London!)...you're broke after the Christmas spending extravaganza...your diet is staring you in the face demanding some action...and your New Year's resolutions may already be just a vague…	1 vote 928 views