Latest recipes from La Motte

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...

Both its story and flavours make Kandeel a beautiful option for a festive dessert - especially when you celebrate a Summer Christmas! Kandeel (caudle) is a delicacy that Jan van Riebeeck refers to in his Daghregister. In the Netherlands, it was traditionally served to visitors when a baby was born. This custom was continued at...

Ox tongue is a traditional favourite during the South African summer holidays and Festive season. Although often prepared with a mustard sauce, this Cape Winelands Cuisine recipe is for a sauce with anchovy and capers and makes out part of our series on Old Sauces of the Cape. Fresh, salted smoked and sweet-and-sour ox tongue...

The smell of ginger is so warming and welcoming and in winter it is tempting to add some to your cooking. Try our recipe for ginger cake - it is such a sophisticated dessert! Recipe for Ginger Cake Ingredients 1 cup (250 ml) brown sugar 180 g butter 2 eggs 1 cup (250 ml) golden syrup 3...

One cannot discuss the Old Sauces of the Cape, without sharing a recipe for that piquant sauce used in the traditional cooked onion salad called slaphakskeentjies. (The direct translation for slaphakskeentjies is small floppy heels, but one explanation for this peculiar name is from the original Dutch where “slap hakke” means without energy or spunk,...

Have you noticed the trend for all things “caramel”? Christmas decorations, magazine covers and recipes of late focuses on the rich golden hues of caramel, whether in its original form, as the very trendy salted caramel or even as the warm and welcoming colour on a roasted chicken or pan-full of sinful potatoes. We thought...