Alvhilds Burnt Almond Dressing

4 cups of Almonds - burnt on a pan

2 cups of olive oil 4 table spoons of mustard 2 Cups of honey 1 lime

Mexican corn salsa

1 16 oz can tomatoes
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup corn
a pinch oregano
1 teaspoon olive oil
Put all ingredients in a bowl, mix well. Let set a few minutes. Refrigerate. Sometimes I chop up a few fresh tomatoes and add them, jalapenos are good as well!

Sausage roll chutney

Ingredients (serves 4)
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 red onions, halved, thinly sliced
1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar

Method
Preheat oven to 200°C. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Heat oil in a non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat. Add onions and cook, stirring often, for 10 minutes or until tender. Add sugar. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until caramelised. Set aside for 5 minutes to cool slightly.

Hot Crab Dip

Ingredients
1 cup canned crab meat
1 onion, chopped finely
2 garlic flakes, crushed
1 cup cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup celerey, finely chopped
1 tsp chilli sauce
1/4 tsp white pepper powder
1/2 tsp lemon juice

Method
Drain and flake the meat, keep aside.
Blend mayonnaise, cream cheese and milk well.
Add meat, celerey, salt, onion, garlic, lemon juice and chilli sauce.
Mix it well.
Pour in a baking dish.
Garnish with white pepper powder.
Bake it at 3500 degrees for 30 minutes.
Serve with toasted bread / bread loafs / crackers.

Fish Tamarind Gravy

Ingredients
Cat Fish 1 kg (after cleaning)
Medium size Onions 4 (ground)
Greenchillies 6 (cut length wise)
Tamarind (two fists)
Ginger_Garlic paste 4 tsps
Garam masala 4 tsps
Chilli powder 4 tsps
Turmeric powder
Butter milk or Curd
Salt to taste
Oil 200 gms
A whole bunch of fresh Coriander

Method
Soak the tamarind in 1/2 a glass of hot water for atleast 20 minutes. Make a puree of it. Meanwhile, cut the fish into fist size pieces and clean the pieces with some salt, butter milk or curd and turmeric powder (1/2 tsp) and then with water. Mix the fish pieces in a bowl with
chilli powder, 4 pinches of turmeric powder, salt and ginger-garlic paste.
Heat oil in a non_stick cooking dish and put the ground onion into it. Fry it on a medium heat till the onion becomes light brown. Now pour the tamarind puree, put the chillies into the dish. Empty the bowl of fish pieces into the dish. Add salt according to your taste. Let the gravy cook on a low heat. In between, keep moving the dish holding the sides of it to stir the contents.
A wooden spatula can be used by taking care that the pieces are not disturbed much. Add garam masala and finely chopped coriander 2 minutes before removing the dish from the flame. Those who do not like the gravy to be much hot and sour, they can reduce the quantity of chillipowder, garam masala and tamarind.

Sjokolade sous - vir nageregte

150g Donkersjokolade
1 blikkie Kondensmelk
125 ml Melk

Breek die sjokolade in blokkies in ‘n pot. Gooi die kondensmelk en melk by. Roer van koud af tot warm oor lae hitte. As dit kook, haal dit af. As dit te dik is, gooi ekstra melk by. Roer aaneen om klonte te voorkom

Hoender marinade

1 eetlepel rooiwyn
1 eetlepel olyfolie
7 eetlepels sojasous
1 eetlepel vars oreganum, gekap
1 eetlepel vars gekapte basilie
1 knoffeltoontjie, gekneus
1 eetlepel gekapte pietersielie
sout en peper na smaak

Meng alles saam.