The 2015 issue of YOU Best Recipes: Braai is a must-have for everyone who loves a good braai and is looking for new inspiration. The magazine features a variety of rubs and marinades and hot-off-the-grill meat recipes such as sticky ribs, eisbein with mustard sauce, Texan steak with chimichurri sauce and whole fish braaied in newspaper. Side dishes and salads such as the braaied butternut with spicy seed sprinkle and charred lettuce with mustard croutons will have your guests begging for the recipes. End off with fun desserts such as gooey s’mores, fondue and dark chocolate brownies, all made over the coals. With big, beautiful images of our tried and tested recipes and easy-to-follow instructions, every braai will be a special occasion.
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HOW TO BRAAI PERFECTLY • How long do you braai steaks or chops? When do you add salt? How do you know when the food is done? To marinate or not? We look at a few braai techniques that could mean the difference between a juicy morsel of meat and a piece of old shoe leather
1 STUFFED FILLET STEAK WITH VEGGIES
2 WHOLE FILLET WITH GUACAMOLE STUFFING
1 NAMIBIAN STEAKS WITH BACON AND MUSHROOM SAUCE • Renowned caterer Antoinette de Chavonnes Vrugt – author of the award-winning recipe book My Hungry Heart – welcomed theYOU food team with these delicious steaks while on a short trip to Namibia.
2 SPICY PICANHA STEAK WITH POTATOES
T-BONE STEAK
6 SAUCES & FLAVOURED BUTTERS FOR STEAK
ALL FIRED UP! • Building a good fire is as important to the final result as top-quality ingredients and a trusted recipe. Use our guide for braaiing over an open fire or in a kettle braai, which turns into a perfect oven when you close the lid . . .
KETTLE BRAAI TECHNIQUES • There are two methods of cooking in a kettle braai. Choose the right one for the type of food you’re planning to cook.
1 BUTTERFLIED LEG OF LAMB • YOU food editor Carmen Niehaus says when she and her family are on holiday they buy a whole lamb and have the butcher cut it up. The legs are deboned for braaiing and the shanks are sawn into pieces for making potjies.
2 ANCHOVY LEG OF LAMB
3 STUFFED GREEK LEG OF LAMB • Cook this tasty leg of lamb in a kettle braai for best results.
1 STICKY RIBS
2 LAMB RIB IN CURRY SAUCE
1 BBQ LAMB CHOPS
2 LAMB CHOPS WITH CRUNCHY CROUTON SPRINKLE • If you’re tired of plain chops, here’s a quick and easy way to give them a lift.
3 STUFFED LAMB CHOPS WITH MINT PESTO
4 CURRIED LAMB CHOPS
5 LEMON THYME CHOPS
MARINADES • Whether made of herbs, spices, wine or a mix of sauces, a good marinade adds so much flavour
1 STUFFED PORK NECK
2 PORK FILLET WITH HONEY GLAZE AND BLUE CHEESE STUFFING
3 PORK BELLY WITH MUSTARD SAUCE
4 MOROCCAN PORK NECK
1 SPICY BRAAIED PORK RIBS
PORK RIB WITH STICKY MARINADE
1 HONEY AND SOY PORK CHOPS WITH PINEAPPLE SALSA
2 THAI PORK CHOPS
4 PORK CHOPS WITH LEMON
3 CUBAN PORK CHOPS • A substantial amount of garlic ensures the chops are packed with flavour.
GADGETS TO BRAAI IN STYLE • For the best braai experience you need the best braai gear. SHELLY BERGH heads to the shops
1 BARBECUE CHICKEN
2 MORE CLASSIC CHICKEN BASTING SAUCES
2 HONEY AND MUSTARD CHICKEN
3 HONEY ROTISSERIE CHICKEN • Roasted chicken was her late mom’s favourite family food, Reshika Singh says. “She taught me how to make it.”
4 BRINED BEER CHICKEN
1 ASIAN BUTTERFLIED CHICKEN
2 AFRICAN SPATCHCOCK CHICKEN WITH CHERMOULA...
