Beate and Meyer have a farm in the Tradouw Valley which includes a deli and wine cellar. Taste The Little Karoo showcases recipes from there.
Chapters are divided into:
- tapas
- comfort food
- fresh
- gatherings
- on the coals
- sweet
- something extra
Recipes that caught my eye:
- crème frâiche tartlets with figs and time (p14)
- tagliatelle with artichokes (p20)
- wild mushroom and coppa tagliatelle with truffle oil (p23)
- Krister’s salt-roasted potatoes with tarragon sauce (p40)
- melkkos (p44)
- molasses bread (p56)
- Beate’s Caesar salad (p68)
- Tradouw fruit salad (p75)
- my favourite Tradouw curry (p90)
- trinchado beef bredie (p99)
- Little Karoo venison parcels (p118)
- Tradouw leg of lamb on the fire (p128)
- Tradouw pork belly over the coals (p139)
- goat’s milk cheese mini custard (p157)
- baked Tradouw coconut, pear and berry tarts (p169)
- lavender crème brûlée (p175)
- lavender apricot jam (p188)
- lime chutney (p188)
What I made:
Beate’s Caesar salad (p68) I had the best Caesar salad ever in California, and since then it has been by favourite salad. The secret is to make your own dressing and to make sure the croutons are not too oily. (quoted)
What I liked about the recipe book:
It really offered up some great recipes to try and I am sure I will turn to this book on more than one occasion in the future.
Verdict:
Not all photographs are of the recipes featured. Many are of the region and some dishes I would have tried had there been photographs of the finished recipe.
Publishing Information:
ISBN 9781432303518
Format – Hardcover
Published August 2016
Penguin Random House South Africa sent me this recipe book to review.
What I blogged July 20:
- one year ago – Fennel And Pork Sausages
- two years ago – The Tombs
- four years ago – Amarula And Mushroom Ice Cream
- five years ago – Gorgonzola Mushrooms
- six years ago – Lavender Sugar
I have had my eye on this book for ages – I just love the cover pic. I would buy it for the melkkos recipe as I am looking for a great one.
the cover pic is amazing!
Despite the lack of pictures of the dishes, it sounds like a lovely book with great recipes.
Have a super day Tandy.
🙂 Mandy xo
It is!
Its look sooo delicious. Perfect dish!
thanks for sharing recipes with us here. Looking more from you dear
thank you so much!
Looks like an intriguing book, I think I’d be heading straight for the comfort food chapter!!!
That is always my favourite 🙂
I could eat Caesar salad all day every day and that one looks incredibly delicious!!
This one is extremely delicious 🙂
This sounds like my kind of book, as I am always looking for some new tapas recipes.
it is very traditional so you might enjoy that aspect as well 🙂
This sounds like a lovely, inspiring book. 🙂 And I want to sit on that chair on the cover. 🙂
Me too!
This looks like my kind of cookbook, great review Tandy!
Thanks Cheri 🙂