Cooked

When the going gets tough the tough cooks. Treating the family to a Saturday morning after Chantel Botha car was broken into during the early morning hours. Today’s menu a trio of earth, pastures and ocean: Poached egg served on a bed of grilled king oyster mushroom and dressed with black truffle oil and italian truffle zest. The ocean is provided in the form of a lemon and dill cured salmon gravlax served with lemon and garden salad.

Cantalope infused with 5 year old brandy and young ginger shoot fermented in honey.

Today Johan Botha is making Tuna, chips and a cous cous salad! Plating photos to follow!

A trio of organic freerange ostrich and eland fillet and pork rib-eye steak, served on a oven baked potato and cream puree served with a side of roasted autumn seasonal beetroot, baby parsnip, multi colored baby carrot, red onion and spring onion as veggies. Dressed with a Barbera red wine jus and red beetroot juice reduction infused with allspice and juniper berry. Topped with a arugula and daikon micro greens salad. By chef Johan Botha

Pork fillet and mushroom layers with watercress salad next to a toasted cheese extravaganza!

Great spread for lunch!

Check this insane breakfast that chef Johan Botha cooked up this morning.

Mushrooms and poached egg with truffle oil and a dust of dried mushrooms, green tomatoe salad and arugula micro greens from his kitchen.

JOIN ME AND MY WIFE ON 6 AND 7 DECEMBER 2014 FOR A WEEKEND CELEBRATION OF FOOD, WINE AND LIFE ON A ITALIAN INSPIRED COOKING ADVENTURE WEEKEND.

We will be sharing our love affair with slow food, the Italian way and during the two days you will participate in Italian sausage making, pizza and bread baking in a wood fired oven, pasta making, yogurt culturing and so much more.

Best of all, you will be cooking and feasting as we use the fresh ingredients in authentic Mediterranean recipes...

Italian Inspired Cooking Adventure Weekend, 6 & 7 December 2014 Join me and my wife on 6 and 7 December 2014 for a weekend celebration of FOOD, WINE and LIFE on a Italian inspired cooking adventure weekend. We will be sharing our love affair with slow food, the...

Italian Inspired Cooking Adventure Weekend, 6 & 7 December 2014 Join me and my wife on 6 and 7 December 2014 for a weekend celebration of FOOD, WINE and LIFE on a Italian inspired cooking adventure weekend. We will be sharing our love affair with slow food, the...

News to follow about an amazing weekend cooking adventure in November ... Learn to cook simple but sophisticated Mediterranean food ...