New "Cape Winelands District" promotional video

Justin Bonello and his creative "Cooked in Africa" Crew just uploaded an new "Cape Winelands District" promotional video. If you planning on going there, the video will defo enhance your wish of visiting and experiencing the Winelands, which are situated just a few kilometers down the road from Cape Town.

And if you always asked yourself what the famous Wine Festival in Stellenbosch is like, watch the next video as well...

Thx to the "Cooked in Africa"-Crew for the two videos!

organised wine tours to the Cape Winelands ex Cape Town >>

Video: Sustainable Fishing in Kosi Bay

Justin Bonello, a South African chef and TV presenter of the famous show "Cooked", visited Kosi Bay in the Northern Part of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park in South Africa's Maputaland (KwaZulu Natal).
Kosi Bay is a series of four interlinked lakes and well-known for the abundance of fish species. And thats why the bay is also famous for the traditional fish traps built to trap fish moving in and out of the estuary with the tide. If you want to know how the traps are working, watch the following video.



Kudos & big thanks to the Cooked crew for the footage!

Justin Bonello's Puff Pastry Egg Bomb

Justin Bonello's Puff Pastry Egg Bomb breakfast is not a typical Southern African dish and therefore probably not a dish travellers in South Africa might have come a long, but it is such a great and easy recipe that it will hopefully find its way into many self-catering kitchens in hostels and lodges, and, of course, into kitchens back home. Enjoy!

Puff Pastry Egg Bomb from Cooked in Africa on Vimeo.

What you need:

• a muffin tray
• puff pasty (cut into squares)
• eggs
• oven (pre-heated to 180C)
• salt
• pepper

toppings (all optional ;-)):

• garlic
• onions
• mushrooms
• rocket
• tomatoes
• spring onions
• smoked salmon
• bacon
• cheese (eg pecorino, mozzarella)

Justin Bonello is a South African filmmaker, chef and television personality best known for starring in his own cooking and travel show, Cooked, since 2006. The video in this blogpost is a clip taken out of one the Lesotho episodes of Cooked.

Justin Bonello's Amarula Crème Brûlée

Justin Bonello, a South African filmmaker, chef and television personality best known for starring in his own cooking and travel show "Cooked", seems to love Amrula like almost all travellers coming to South Africa do. Would he otherwise got the idea of combining Amarula with the classic Crème Brûlée in one dessert? Looks yummy, doesn't it?



btw - Amarula, the tasty blend of cream and extract of marula (Sclerocarya birrea, known locally as the elephant or marriage tree), has recently been ranked sixth in a Top 10 Hot Liqueur poll conducted by respected global publication Drinks International. Not bad, hey?

Southern African recipes: Cape Malay Bobotie

A Bobotie is defo one on my favourite South African dishes. I blogged a recipe some month ago already; now Justin Bonello* uploaded a mouthwatering video in which he is presenting another great Cape Malay Bobotie recipe. Yummy!

Ingredients: garlic, raisins, cardamon seeds, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, garamasala, tumeric, curry powder, lean mince, onions, butter, chutney, chilies, eggs, cream, salt & pepper



Bobotie from Cooked in Africa on Vimeo.

1. heat oil
2. seeds in first
3. onions in next
4. 2 teaspoons of curry powder
5. add the mince
6. add chutney
7. add raisins
8. press mince into an ovenproof dish
9. pour over egg wash (eggs, cream, salt & pepper)
10. bake in the oven for 15min at 200C

• serve with sweet chili jam, sambals and mango atcha and Basmati rice
• garnish with beetroot sprouts an pappadums

*Justin Bonello is a South African filmmaker, chef and television personality best known for starring in his own cooking and travel show, Cooked, since 2006.