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Braaitour sponsored by Sparta Beef
The main sponsor of the inaugural National Braai Tour will be Sparta Beef. The tour which starts in Johannesburg on 13 September and finishes in Cape Town on 20 September, comprises an eight-day epic...
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Luxury Braaibroodjies
We were at The Lofts Boutique Hotel on Thesen Island in Knysna, feeling quite chuffed with life and the hotel management said it would not be a problem if we wanted to braai on the deck. The only...
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Sesame Seed and Chilli Calamari
It was in a restaurant in Plettenberg Bay, after finishing a delicious a plate of calamari that I enquired of the waiter if she could please ask the chef for the recipe. The waiter came back a few...
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Braai lasagne potjie
After every braai, if there is any leftover meat, debone and skin the meat. then chop it up finely and add it to the container in your freezer that is specially placed there for this purpose. as soon...
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Marina Braai Salt joins National Braai Tour
Marina Braai Salt, the original braai salt of South Africa will be the official braai salt of the National Braai Tour. The tour takes place from 13 – 20 September 2014 and will see participants travel...
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Citrus Flavoured Malva Pudding Potjie
This recipe is a adaption of my original malva pudding potjie recipe that appears in my 2nd book, Jan Braai – RedHot (Afrikaans edition called Jan Braai – Vuurwarm). The dough and baked part is...
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STEAK AND STOUT BEER POTJIE PIE
The Irish have their own version of National Braai Day, called St Patrick’s Day – the day their country comes to a standstill and has one big party. I’ve been to some St Patrick’s Day celebrations in...
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Our Mission
The National Braai Day initiative aims to position National Heritage Day as South Africa’s annual day of celebration. We call on all South Africans to unite around fires, share our heritage and wave...
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Pork Chop Carbonara
What we have here is the recipe for my Braaied Pork Chop Carbonara. I obviously found inspiration for this one in the classic Italian pasta from Rome, the Bacon Carbonara. It is interesting to note...
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Enter the 2015 National Braai Tour
After the phenomenal and unprecedented success of the inaugural National Braai Tour in 2014, we are pleased to announce that early bird entries for the National Braai Tour 2015 are now open. The tour...
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BEEF MADRAS CURRY
One of the best things about Britain is not British at all; it’s Indian. The Brits love their Indian curries and the Madras curry, named after the South Indian town with the same name (now called...
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Steak with biltong cream sauce
Whilst visiting the Inyati rest camp in the Sabi Sands game reserve I prepared the recipe below on the braai. On that particular occasion the biltong and cream sauce was served with braaied Springbok...
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Pork Neck Curry
I have absolutely no idea how this curry tastes when it’s cold or what it’s like the next day. It always gets completely polished off during the eating of the meal. Your ratio of great food to effort...
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Gebraaide Beef Wellington
Alles proe beter op ’n braai, en in die gaval is dit die klassieke ‘Beef Wellington’. Hier is die resep soos ek hom in die Bolandse dorp Wellington gebraai het. Die vulsel bestandele was so ’n bietjie...
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Beef Wellington
Everything tastes better on the braai, in this case it’s the classic Beef Wellington. What you need: 1 tot olive oil 1 onion (finely chopped) 250g mushrooms (finely chopped) 1 cup (250ml) cream 1 sprig...
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COQ AU VIN – HOENDER IN WYN POTJIE
In my ondervinding word die? beroemde en klassieke Franse dis die beste berei in ‘n potjie op ‘n vuur met Suid-Afrikaanse wyn. Wanneer jy wyn in jou kos gebruik, behoort dit van dieselfde gehalte te...
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COQ AU VIN – CHICKEN IN REDWINE POTJIE
From my personal experience, this classic French dish is even better cooked in a potjie on a fire, using South African wine. The rule of thumb when cooking with wine is that you should use wine of the...
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BLOODY MARY BURGER
Millions of people around the world enjoy the combination of ingredients that makes up the Bloody Mary cocktail. As you know, every single one of those ingredients also goes well with a pure 100% beef...
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Bobotie Potjie
Bobotie is a South African classic and an important part of our culinary heritage. It’s also one of my favourite meals, but this doesn’t make me special: everybody loves bobotie. As with many other...
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