Types of Coffee

Espresso ‘Espresso’ is Italian for ‘express’ or ‘fast’. Espresso is reputed to be the base of all great coffees. Although the praise for this style of coffee goes to the Italians, the first espresso machine was actually developed in France.…
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Iced Coffee

Perfect Iced Coffee Four methods to make really great iced Coffee Quick Way Make your coffee double strength, using 1 Standard Measure (2 level tablespoons) of coffee to each 3 ounces of fresh, cold water. Pour over iced cubes. The…
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Potato Koeksister

Soft spicy koeksister dipped into sugar syrup and rolled in coconut. Ingredients 4 med potatoes, cubed 4cups cake flour 5ml salt 5ml ground nutmeg 15ml ground cinnamon 15ml ground ginger 15ml whole aniseed 5ml fine aniseed 60ml sugar 1pkt instant…
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Buttermilk Bollas

Ingredients ¾cup sugar 2 eggs ¾cup oil 5ml vanilla essence 4cups cake flour 4tsps baking powder 2cups buttermilk Oil for deep frying Coconut for sprinkling Method Whisk eggs and sugar in bowl until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and oil…
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Twisties

A not-too-sweet “glevlegde” doughnut Ingredients 4cups cake flour 20ml baking powder 5ml salt 30ml margarine 15ml sugar 2 eggs ±200ml water Oil for frying For syrup, use recipe as in potato koeksisters. Method NB: Syrup must refrigerated. Sift dry ingredients…
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Sirkhomo

A traditional milk drink to serve on Eid morning Ingredients 60ml sago 30ml semolina/Taystee Wheat 30ml fine vermicelli 2 cardamom pods 3 pieces stick cinnamon 100g butter 2litres milk 5ml egg yellow or a few saffron strands 180ml sugar (or…
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Candied Pecans

1 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 cup evaporated milk 2+ teaspoon vanilla 1 bag of shelled pecans (or walnuts) Mix together sugar, milk, cinnamon. Bring to boil. When a drop of the mixture forms a ball in cold water,…
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Cranberry Cottage Dessert

Cranberry Cottage Pudding 1/3 cup margarine 1 cup sugar 2 egg yolks – well beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup milk 2 cup flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 salt 2 cups raw cranberries Cream margarine and sugar. Add well…
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