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Salmon & chive blini board

This is a great interactive canape or starter to keep your guests busy while you finish up in the kitchen. Laying out the ingredients separately saves you loads of time, although you can also assemble all the blinis yourself before serving.

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CRUSTED RACK OF LAMB WITH AN EASY RED WINE SAUCE

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Seared fillet of ostrich with porcini mushrooms

The porcinis match up nicely with the robust flavour of ostrich. Any slices of ostrich that are left over can be served the next day with some rocket and extra mustard on a slice of nice country loaf!

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Prawn & ginger wontons served with sweet Thai chilli sauce

Wonton wrappers are paper-thin sheets of dough available fresh or frozen from good Asian delis.When you’re onto your 5th cocktail, something warm, spicy and crispy always goes down well!

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SALMON CEVICHE

A very clean and refreshing taste, perfect for light entertaining in summer. Use only top-quality fish, buying sushi grade whenever possible. Do not use previously frozen fish as texture is very important for ceviche, so only fresh will do!

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Chargrilled Brinjal & Halloumi Bruschetta with Gremolata

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Grilled Speck & Mozzarella Bruschetta

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Moroccan lamb shoulder with apricots & cinnamon

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Slow roasted shoulder of lamb with pita and tzatziki

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Classic Moules Marinières

There is no alternative to the wonderful fresh sea taste of mussels! Serve with some beautiful bread like baguette or country loaf. Remember to discard mussels that are open before cooking and closed after cooking.

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Slow roasted shoulder of lamb

Slow roasting this lamb will leave it fall-apart tender and juicy. It can be pulled from the bone and served rustic style.

Oven Roasted Pork Loin Chops With Sage Almond Crumble Citrus Glaze

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Oven-Roasted Pork Loin Chops With Sage Almond Crumble and Citrus Glaze

The perfectly paired flavours of sage and almond make this pork dish a yummy winter warmer. That, and the fact that it’s got crackling!

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Springbok shank pies

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Salt-baked whole fish

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Bizerca’s Raw Norwegian Salmon Salad

“This is one of the best Christmas presents I could have wished for! Every single time I used to go to Laurent & Cyrillia’s Bizerca Bistro, I would order this starter. Thank you so much for generously sharing the recipe with us!” – Tracy Foulkes, founder & co-owner of NOMU

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SUGAR-CURED SALMON

Delicious served on cocktail-sized blinis as a canapé or larger ones as a starter.

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BALSAMIC & ROASTED GARLIC GLAZED DUCK

Our favourite way to eat this is to serve all the ingredients separately with Chinese pancakes, tortillas or Vietnamese rice paper so that you can roll everything up like summery spring rolls. An even healthier option would be to wrap everything in fresh, crispy lettuce leaves like Cos, Butter or Iceberg.

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CRISPY AROMATIC SQUID

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CRISPY PORK BELLY WITH CHOCOLATE HOISIN SAUCE

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Stuffed zucchini flowers

Something for your antipasti menu!

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BURNT SAGE BUTTER

Classically served with pillowy gnocchi, ravioli parcels and homemade pasta, this ridiculously easy sauce is packed full of deliciously toasty and herbaceous flavour.

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Simple homemade gnocchi

These soft, pillowy pockets of potato are a labour of love, but so worth the effort! Serve with any of your favourite sauces, like classic burnt sage butter, creamy gorgonzola sauce or short rib tomato ragu.