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Archive for August, 2011

Lamb pasta for a hungry crowd

Posted By The Man on August 15th, 2011

Lamb pasta hardly screams “authentic Italian”.

A ragout served with penne or gnocchi perhaps, but my recent DELIZIOSO course was not about authentic Italian food.

It was about serving Italian style food to a South African crowd. And this dish certainly feeds a crowd!

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Chocolate truffles

Posted By The Man on August 7th, 2011

It seems terribly wrong to post this recipe. It is delicious and conjures up memories of melt-in-your-mouth chocolate. Not melt-in-MY-mouth anymore.

On Friday I was diagnosed with a chocolate intolerance , after suffering from hives and a tight chest.

Oh it is not just chocolate, it is all the things I love and have too much of: Chocolate, coffee, coconut peanuts and peanut butter.

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Butternut soup with 2 styles and 2 pestos

Posted By The Man on August 7th, 2011

The flavour of a simple butternut soup can be completely transformed by a few ingredients and two different takes on pesto.

Both the Italian pesto cream and unusual Thai inspired coconut and sesame pesto enhance the flavour and texture and add a glamorous “soupçon” to the menu

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