Have you found that you sometimes long for some wonderful home cooking and can't seem to find a good SA recipe, well this page is for you!
Minette Behrens of Charlotte, NC gave us the idea to start a recipe exchange page so we could all share our best, easiest and most successful SA recipes with one another. Thank You Minette!
Please share your favorite recipe with us by emailing it to info@southafricansincharlotte.org
For some great Biltong recipes go to :
Biltong USA Website
Eugenie van der Walt of Charlotte, NC sent in this useful piece of information for lekker recipes:
Weet nie of julle weet nie.... Jy kan lekker Suid-Afrikaanse resepte kry op Pik 'n Pay se website hieronder. Maklik om in die hande kry!!
Recipes from Pick 'n Pay
BOREWORS RESEP
Boerewors, Boerewors, Boerewors… ai lekker ou Boerewors. ‘n Mens kan mos nie braai sonder ‘n lekker stuk Boerewors nie.
- 2 kg Bees Chuck
- 750g Vark Rib (Sonder been natuurlik)
- 200g spek
- Vark derms. Hier in die VSA noem hulle dit casings, en kon ek net HOG Casings kry)
- 1 tee lepel Fyn Nutmeg
- 1 eet lepel Fyn Koljander
- sout en peper na smaak
- Worchestershire sous na smaak
- So bietjie assyn. So paar sprinkels sal doen
Nadat alles gemeng is, maal die vleis. As jy die wors stop, wees baie versigtig om nie dit te styf of pap te stop nie. As jy dit te styf stop, gaan dit oopbars as jy dit braai.
Lekker eet!
SA RECIPES IN LAKE NORMAN MAGAZINE
The late Mary Hawkes of Mooresville had this great article in the Lake Norman Magazine in March 2007 and it includes some of their wonderful SA recipes. Click here for the link to the article and recipes : Recipes & article
Easy Milk Tart
For this recipe you will need :
One large Graham Cracker pie crust or 18 small ones which you can buy at Harris Teeter or any NC grocery store.
Ingredients :
4 cups of milk
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoon Corn Starch (maizena)
3 tablespoons Flour
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract (essence)
Instructions :
Bring milk and butter to just boiling – reduce heat immediately and simmer or remove from the high heat
Cream the sugar, eggs, corn starch, flour and vanilla extract with an electric hand beater until its thick and creamy
Add half a cup of the hot milk to this mixture and blend well
Then pour all the sugar mixture back into the hot milk and stir continuously while on medium heat, until its nice and thick
TIP : Do not boil! Be careful not to stop stirring as it will burn on the bottom and stick
Pour into the pie crusts
Sprinkle with cinnamon
Refrigerate until set for about an hour or more. Can be frozen.
Enjoy!
Dianne Stewart, Charlotte, NC
Di's Chutney Chicken
This recipe is a real hit with my American friends and can be made at the last minute!
Lean Chicken breasts – if they are very thick like the ones from Sam’s club – cut them length ways so they are thinner like veal steaks.
Prepare at least two pieces per person that you are cooking for - maybe more!
Pre-heat the oven to 375 F
Mix the following mixture in a large jug : 1 part (cup) Mrs Balls 'Original' Chutney and 2 parts (cups) Mayonnaise – Mix well.
Depending on the amount of chicken breast you cook, make enough chutney / mayo mixture to cover the chicken completely – but not too thick on top.
Layer the chicken pieces on the bottom of a large flat oven-proof dish (Pyrex) and cover each layer with the sauce – don’t layer more than two layers per dish as they don’t cook properly.
Cook in the oven in the open dish for about 35 minutes until the sauce is golden brown and the chicken is cooked.
Serve over rice with a green salad.
Enjoy!
Dianne Stewart, Charlotte, NC
