Name: Cheat’s burrata and blood orange salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: PTM
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Starters & Light meals
Ingredients: balls fior di latte mozzarella 4,tub crème fraîche 1 x 250 g,extra virgin olive oil 2T,honey 1 1⁄2 t,dried lavender 3⁄4 t,garlic, crushed 1⁄2 clove,sea salt, to taste ,coriander seeds 1 T,microherbs or basil, torn, to garnish

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Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cooking Time 1 hour

Ingredients

200 g caster sugar
1 cup milk
1 cup Ideal milk
4 chai tea bags
100 g sugar
1 free-range egg
1 free-range egg yolk, beaten
1 t vanilla paste

Method

1. Melt the caster sugar in a saucepan over a low heat, swirling the pan to make sure it’s evenly distributed. Divide between 4 x 10 cm dishes.

2. Place these in a deep baking tray with enough boiling water to come halfway up the sides of the bowls. Preheat the oven to 150°C.

3. Place the milk, Ideal milk, tea bags and sugar into a saucepan and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat and allow to stand for 15 minutes.

4. Remove the tea bags and beat in the eggs and vanilla. Pour the mixture over the caramel in the bowls and bake for 30 minutes. Remove from the tray and leave to cool, then chill overnight.

5. Unmould by wrapping a warm cloth around each bowl for a minute, then loosen with a butter knife and invert onto plates.

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Photograph: Myburgh Du Plessis
Production: Abigail Donnelly
Food assistants: Emma Nkunzana and Terry Donnelly

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