African recipes
The world’s second largest continent offers cuisines which are deep in flavour and laden with warm spices. Find jollof beans, bobotie and tagines.
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Alternative Christmas roast recipes
Herby tamarind lamb with baked jollof rice
This tamarind and herb-stuffed lamb leg with baked jollof rice recipe is a celebratory Senegalese-inspired one-pot by award-winning author and...
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Spicy braai sole with polenta, peppers and spinach
Nokx Majozi, head pie maker at London’s Holborn Dining Room, grew up in South Africa and was inspired from an...
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Merguez sausages with crispy chickpeas and preserved lemon yogurt
Merguez sausages with crispy, roasted chickpeas makes a flavoursome alternative to bangers and mash. Serve with dollops of lemony yogurt....
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Pumpkin pancakes (Pampoenkoekies)
Autumnal weekend brunches just got even better. These thick and fluffy pumpkin pancakes are popular in South Africa. Follow our...
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Smoky jollof rice
Jollof rice gets a smoky flavour boost in this delicious jollof recipe from Lerato Umah-Shaylor. One helping is never enough....
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Garden egg stew
African garden eggs (a type of aubergine) are the star of this rich Ghanaian stew Akwasi Brenya-Mensa learned from his...
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Lamb and apricot sosaties (South African kebabs)
Fire-cooking expert Genevieve Taylor shares her recipe for sosaties, South African kebabs made with tangy marinaded lamb. Recipes taken from...
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Preserved lemons
With only two basic ingredients and some imaginative flavourings, preserved lemons are storecupboard stars. Make a jar or two with...
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Meatball recipes
Lamb and mint meatball tagine with chermoula
This lamb and mint tagine is great with buttered couscous and a little finely chopped preserved lemon peel.
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Moroccan lamb stew with giant couscous

This slow cooked Moroccan inspired lamb stew uses ras-el-hanout and preserved lemon to add depth and sharpness to the rich...
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Christmas baking recipes
Eccles pie star wreath
Few aromas are as festive as freshly baked mince pies and this eccles cake-style star wreath is a recipe that you...
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Skewer recipes
Chinchinga beef skewers
”The lyrically named chinchinga is a popular street food, essentially Ghana’s answer to shish kebab: meat that’s been rubbed in...
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Brunch recipes
Oto cakes
”Oto is a classic Ghanaian celebratory dish made with boiled eggs, mashed yams and palm oil, served at occasions such...
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Vegan dinner recipes
Jollof beans (black-eyed beans in tomato sauce)
Try journalist Kemi Bamgbose’ fiery jollof beans, made with scotch bonnet chilli for extra heat. It’s surprisingly thrifty to make...
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Vegan dinner recipes
Vegetable tagine
As this hearty vegetable tagine simmers away slowly, the root vegetables gradually release their natural sweetness and become beautifully soft....
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Ethiopian-spiced lamb
Bill Knott combines succulent lamb with Ethiopian spices and fragrant onions to make this special recipe.
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