Taste-and-Treats on the West Coast

Last Saturday was the annual Moonstruck charity event on 4th Beach Clifton. What a great event and thank goodness we went early and found a lekker spot against the rocks as it ended up being 36 000 people on that beach. The concert was organised by Radio 702 and one of the performers was Vivky Samson who finished her set with her signature song that makes every expat overseas homesick with a dose of "wet eyes" - My African Dream - brings goosebumps every time I hear it. No vino allowed unfortunately but we all brought some nice munchies. One of my friends had Coronation Chicken. I must say it was the first time I ate this really nice way of using up day-old chicken as with me having done my apprenticeship in a German kitchen,  there was definitely no coronation :):):):).... We had something similar and called it Hawaiian Chicken Salad.. So here goes with the South African version of Coronation Chicken: Ingredients: 2 either freshly cooked or day-old chicken brea...

I love those little chicken pies..   the very small round flattish ones..  and been trying to dissect the recipe for it. In the process like usual I decided to do my "own thing" again.. and I must say - they are not half bad ! In fact  they are very nice. so here goes: 1 pkt large skinless chicken breasts 1 large onion 2 bay leaves 500 ml Nomu chicken stock A good dollop Butter 1 tbsp flour 1 tbsp Worcester sauce 2 tots sherry Salt & Pepper 2 pkt puff pasty Muffin Pan A bit of egg yolk First fry chopped onions and then add chicken, ay leaves and stock. Boil for about 10 minutes and let it cool down. Shred the chicken into small pieces. Make a roux with butter and flour and add the left-over stock. It should be quite thickish in the end.. then add the Worcester sauce and sherry, and salt & pepper to your liking. Heat oven to 180 deg C. Cut out about 10cm rounds of the pastry and line the muffin pans. Fill the lined pans with the chicken mix And close th...

I remember this song from the late 60’s called Jambalaya … its been buzzing in my head for the past couple of days ! As Tandy has given the Cacun chanllenge this week..   it made sense to find out what is in this Jambalaya dish. I have gotten down and read a couple of blogs and realized that it is actually just a Paella made with Cajun spices ( more or less  JJ ) So here goes: A Jambalaya can really be made with whatever veggies you have in the kitchen. The basics however are chicken, spicy sausage, prawns, peppers, chilli, Cajun spice and rice. It is one of those dishes where everyone down in New Orleans has their own secret ingredient, as long as its spice hot ! I don’t really like very hot food and always have to have bottles of the hot stuff extra on the table for those who like to loose any sort of feeling in their mouths ! Olive Oil 1 Onion ½ of green, red & yellow pepper ½ English cucumber ½ packet sliced celery 2 handful Basmati rice 1 garlic clove 1 Chori...