When living away from South Africa, your friends and family, there is nothing like a good old South African recipe to help sooth the homesickness!

Here are some of our favourites - if you have any that you would like to share, please email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Starters:

Biltong soup

Butternut soup

Mains:

Bobotie

Cheesy mealie (corn) bread

Chicken in Chutney & Mayo

Dumplings (steamed)

Fish bobotie pie

Malay banana curry and cashew rice

Oxtail potjie

Spinach omelette

Sweet potato fritters

Tomatoe bredie

Vetkoek

Desserts:

Amarula chocolate-covered strawberries

Dom Pedros

Koeksisters

Fudge

Melktert (quick version)

Melktert (traditional)

Peppermint crisp layered dessert

Cocktails and Shooters:

The South African smoothie

The Springbok shooter