Fish Braai

Some notes on the fish BBQ.
It's probably the 1st time I actually cooked for someone else, which says a lot, but does not excuse 3 mistakes.
1. I forgot to add garlic to the bruschetta mix - I added a tad too much onion, but they were better than last time due to better toasting skills
2. I should double-foil the parcels on the braai, they all tore slightly, but with  no consequence, still more foil does help.
3. Put in a tad more coal to boost heat, it took over an hour to complete 2 re-loads of the grid.

This is the bruschetta recipe https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/bruschetta_with_tomato_and_basil/

This is the Hake braai recipe, it was a large fish, https://www.lovefood.com/recipes/60526/andrew-nutters-bbq-fillet-of-hake

I made a modified version of the recipe for quick following

Hake BBQ

·  200 g beetroot, peeled and cut into quarters

·  1 tsp chopped fresh thyme

·  4 tbsp olive oil

·  8 shallots - peeled and cut in half lengthways

·  2 tbsp runny honey

·  4 x 200g Fillets of hake, skin on and boned

·  1 juice and zest lemon

·  1 clove garlic, chopped finely

10 new potatoes, boiled and cooled

Dressing parcel 1

200g Beetroot, 1tsp thyme, 2 tbsp olive oil

30 minutes roast

Dressing parcel 2

8 Shallots cut lengthways, 1 tsbsp olive oil, 2tbsp honey, crush 1 clove garlic

30 minutes roast

Fish

1 tbsp olive oil, lemon zest, lemon juice

Grill potatoes for 5 minutes.

Serve

Serve the parcels with fish on top, and with potatoes arranged around it all.

/rant
Pictured above is a incorrectly assembled Texas 47cm BBQ, as made in China - they missed out the grid between the 3 legs, so I had to find 2 bolts to put the wheels on, which is just an incredulously huge Homebase QA failure if you ask me.

Tomatoes on Toasties

My Recipe
1 slice of toast - butter/grease is optional
around half a tomato per slice of toast

- Grab a warm slice of toast
- Butter it lightly
- Thinly slice the tomato over the toast
- Sprinkle about 1/2 teaspoon sugar
Make a cuppa and consume, it's so yummy, you will be making two.

I've tried it on brown/wholemeal bread, if you do, you might consider a tiny sprinkle of ground pepper instead.

Milk Tart and Koeksisters

Aaah, the plaited jobs with lots of syrup.
Thanks to Christa Pretorius for this recipe

Duifie se melktert
Kors:
2 k meel
1 eier
1/2 k suiker
1/2 k margarien
2 t bakpoeier
knippie sout
Room margarien, suiker en eier. Sif meel, bakpoeeier en sout saam. Knie deur en rol uit. Sit in tertpanne. Bak ligbruin en bere tot nodig.
Vulsel:
4 k melk
3 eiers
2 1/2 e meel
sout na smaak
2 1/2 e maizena
3 e margarien
3/4 k suiker
Kook en berei voor. Eierwitte word laaste ingegooi. Gooi in voorafgebakte kors. Moenie weer bak nie. Strooi pypkaneel oor.


Koeksisters
4 K meel
2 eiergele
2 t margarien
2 t bakpoeier
1 glas melk
knippie sout
Meng al die droe bestandele. Voeg eiers en melk by. Knie vir 20min. Rol uit, sny repies en vleg. Bak in diep olie en druk in stroop.
Stroop:
8 K suiker
knippie kremetart 4 k water
bietjie gemmer of suurlemoensap
Kook vir 10min saam.