Focaccia With Olives, Feta & Tomato
Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
Prepare baking dish.
Place bread dough in an oven proof tin.
Allow to rise.
Dice Clover Feta cheese. Slice onions.
Half cherry tomatoes.
Fill dish with dough. Scatter ingredients on top of dough and drizzle with Olive Pride Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Season.
Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes or until golden and serve.
Celery Salad With Feta & Olives
Dice celery stalks and chop celery leaves, parsley, and garlic.
Dice lemon segments.
Crumble Clover Feta.
Add the chilli flakes and the salt to the Olive Pride Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Mix all the ingredients together and serve.
Vegetable Cheese Soup
This moreish soup with its sprinkling of cheese will have everyone coming back for seconds.
Paprika Chicken Livers with Buttered Toast
Hot and spicy chicken livers make a meal on their own, or a great appetiser – if you can bear to share them.
Halloumi Cheese, Green Bean and Red Onion Salad
Place the ingredients for the dressing into a bowl or screw-top glass jar and mix or shake well until combined.
Refrigerate until required.
Trim the green beans, place into a saucepan, cover with water and bring to boil.
Boil for 2 minutes, drain and rinse in ice water.
Slice the red onion thinly and refrigerate.
When almost ready to serve, prepare one large or 6 – 8 individual salad platters with the lettuce and selected optional salad ingredients but not the beans and onion rings.
Keep cold or refrigerated until strips are fried.
Drain the Halloumi cheese and cut into neat ± 2 cm julienne-style strips.
Toss the strips in the cake flour or potato flour and refrigerate until ready to use.
Pour enough oil into a small saucepan to come 5 cm up the side of the sauce pan.
Heat the oil to moderately hot and fry a few strips at a time, turning over until golden and crisp on all sides.
Drain on absorbent kitchen paper and sprinkle lightly with vegetable seasoning. Keep warm until all the strips are fried.
When ready to serve, drizzle a little dressing over the salad and arrange the fried Halloumi, beans and onion rings on top.
Drizzle very lightly with more dressing.
Green Pea Soup with Cream and Garlic Croutons
With its crunchy croutons, this soup will soon become a family favourite.
Herbed Tomato Soup
A culinary classic with a cheesy twist.
Botswana Cucumber and Feta Cheese Salad
Quarter the cucumber lengthwise and slice about 0,5 cm thick to make dices.
Place in a bowl and toss with the salt.
Allow to stand about 15 minutes while preparing the dressing and remaining ingredients.
Drain and pat dry with a paper towel before completing the salad.
Combine the oil, vinegar or lemon juice and sugar in a mixing bowl.
Cut the Feta cheese into triangles similar to the cucumber and add to the bowl together with the remaining ingredients.
Toss lightly, adjust seasoning and transfer to a bowl for serving.
Serve or cover and refrigerate a few hours before garnishing with mint leaves.
