It's the soft life for me
Impressing VIP guests or the homies? When only the finer things will do, braai something new.We have some non-negotiables for the season of sizzling.
Sorghum tabbouleh style salad
Serves: 4 - 6
Prep: 20 minutes
Cooking: 30 minutes
Prep: 20 minutes
Cooking: 30 minutes
INGREDIENTS:
- 3 red peppers, roasted, braaied or 220 g WW roasted red peppers in brine, chopped into big chunks
- 300 g sorghum, cooked as per packet directions
- 3 T mint, chopped
- 4 T dill. chopped
- 4 T Italian parsley, chopped
- 4 T coriander, chopped
- 1 red onion, chopped finely
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- a squeeze of lemon juice
- 2 T tabasco sauce
- 1 T sriracha spice
- 3 spring onions, chopped
- salt, to season
METHOD:
Mix all the ingredients together except salt and then season to taste
TIP: Add braaied asparagus
Angelfish with chargrilled spring onion and chilli sauce
Braaied angelfish with chargrilled spring onion and chilli sauce served with braaied bread salad
Serves: 4 - 6
Prep: 20 minutes
Cooking 30 minutes
INGREDIENTS:
- 2 x 300 g average angelfish with garlic and herb marinade
- spring onion and chilli sauce
- 2 packets spring onions
- 1 green chilli
- 2 T olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
Dressing
- 4 T red wine vinegar
- 4 T oilve oil
Bread Salad
- 1 garlic ciabatta
- 3 red onions, peeled and quartered
- 2 red peppers, halved
- 12 capers
- 4 T Italian parsley, chopped roughly
- 6 anchovies, smashed
- 1 x 70 g packet green olives with a hint of chilli
- 3 tomatoes, cut into 6 pieces
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to season
METHOD:
- Drizzle the provided marinade over the fish.
- Place the fish between 2 sheets of foil and place in a foldable braai grid.
- Cook over medium coals for 8 minutes on each side.
- Remove and serve with spring onion sauce and bread salad.
- To make the spring onion sauce, braai the onions in a cast iron pan until slightly charred.
- Add to a blender with the chilli, olive oil and garlic and blend until smooth.
- To make the bread salad, wrap the onions and peppers individually with foil and cook in the coals until soft when tested with a sharp knife.
- Braai the bread as per packet instructions and tear into a bowl.
- Tear the onions and peppers and place on top wth the tomatoes, parsley, olives, capers and anchovies.
- Drizzle over the oil and vinegar and season.
Braai veggie kebabs and coriander amasi dressing
Serves: 4 -6
Prep: 10 minutes
INGREDIENTS:
- Kebabs (cook as per packet instructions)
Coriander and cumin amasi dressing
- 3 T coriander
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp garlic, crushed
- 1 cup amasi
- 1 T flavour mx seasoning
- 1 green chilli, chopped
- 2 T lemon juice
- salt, to taste
METHOD:
- Blend all the ingredients and then season