Traditional braided sourdough bread for Easter Fermented sour Ingredients 500 g cake flour 1 packet of yeast 500 ml lukewarm water Method Add the yeast to the lukewarm water. Allow time for the yeast to activate (± 5 minutes). Gradually add the water and yeast solution to the flour. Leave to rest for 2 hours....

On 20 March, our American friends celebrate National Ravioli Day , but we also have a tradition of ravioli in the Cape Winelands! Persian-Arabian pasta recipes were also known in Spain, but it was the Italians who experimented with the recipes and exported the use of pasta to France. The Italian cooks started to fold...

Celebrating its recent appointment as the Drinks International Wine Tourism Awards Best Food and Wine Matching Experience for 2015, La Motte Wine Estate’s Pierneef à La Motte Restaurant presents a late summer menu reflecting the flavours and abundance of summer in the Winelands. Few things say summer more than fruit. And with Cape Winelands Cuisine...

Media Release Celebrating its recent appointment as the Drinks International Wine Tourism Awards Best Food and Wine Matching Experience for 2015, La Motte Wine Estate’s Pierneef à La Motte Restaurant presents a late summer menu reflecting the flavours and abundance of summer in the Winelands. Few things say summer more than fruit. And with Cape...

Milk tart is such a traditional South African favourite that giving it a special day on the national calendar does make sense. On 27 February South Africans have a very good reason to enjoy one of their favourite sweets, it is National Milk Tart Day! We would like to share a traditional recipe from a...

Start your Valentine’s dinner with these lightly curried mussels on pancakes and you would have cooked your way all the way to the heart of your loved one. Serve it with a glass of our delicious 2013 La Motte Chardonnay and you will have exceed all Valentine’s expectations – that is guaranteed! From our Cape...

Try our delicious recipe for a Corn and basil soup that can be served hot or cold and try it with a refreshing glass of 2019 La Motte Sauvignon Blanc. Corn and basil soup (Page 41 in our Cape Winelands Cuisine Cookbook) This is an old soup recipe, but it certainly would not seem out...

This weekend we will be serving our 2014 Pierneef Sauvignon Blanc at Franschhoek Summer Wines, an annual celebration of the best summer wines in the valley. Although a beautiful and refreshing glass on its own, the Pierneef Sauvignon Blanc is made in a style that is exceptionally versatile with food. With a complex character and...

Cooking with seasonal ingredients is something that has become fashionable again in recent years, but in the old days, cooking with what was available locally and fresh was the order of the day. The Dutch stationed at the Cape had access to the wonderful produce from the Company’s Gardens and plainly carved them to serve...

Enjoy the temptation of Caramel for Christmas, with a Winelands interpretation of the popular Italian Semifreddo and served it with some delicious caramel shards. And while savoury desserts – yes you got that right! – might be fashionable at the moment, the festive season is too special to go without something sweet. Recipe for Semifreddo...