Bokke, Black Pepper Sauce & Patato Salad

In one of my previous posts I was quite non patriotic and predicted that Australia would win the Rugby World Cup. My Bokkies performed dismally during the Super 15 and the Try Nations and I felt they were going to have a real struggle. Well, they have won all their games so far given they have not really played any of the "Big Guns". Tomorrow the Bokke will play Samoa, and in a bid to try and up my position in the Superbru Sport Prediction game I went against the Bokke. The Superbru lads obviously did not like this and here is the message I got.

It says in Red

You have selected Samoa to win the game. This result will be considered quite an upset, so be sure about picking it.



Nice one guys and hopefully you are right. I include the Ginger Haka I got from Zelma. Funny !!!

Since our first monthly shopping I have been indulging in Black Pepper Sauce (Sos Lada Hitam) and it is really very good. It has replaced my trustworthy Chilly Sauce and I have had it on about every meat type I have cooked and just can not get enough. It is a Asian Sauce that you can buy in bottles at the supermarket and the locals use it extensively in their hawker food, like Black Pepper Crab, Pork, Chicken and Beef. It is a thick sauce loaded with crushed black pepper and has a wonderful savoury and spicy taste. It is the kind of thing I desperately would love to share with some of my friends who enjoy hot food, but I am not sure if it is available back home.

The ingredients on the bottle include, black pepper, garlic, oyster sauce, soy sauce, sugar, cornflour, Chinese rice wine and stock. I spend a lot of time surfing the net over the past month trying to get a recipe and finally found one yesterday that is in English. Hah, I can now finally go and get the ingredients and test it out and if it is successful share the recipe with you all so you can also enjoy it.

Weekend project and I will post the results next week.

Now for the best ever Potato Salad Recipe. It is one of the things Zelma makes that is just so good and you can enjoy it for days as it keeps very well in a fridge. It is not our recipe and in fact I found it in a Sarie Kos magazine in 2010 (What, No, i am not ashamed to admit I was a fond reader of this woman's mag) as it was packed with very good food ideas and recipes. The recipe in question was the winner of a nationwide potato salad recipe contest and it is Monique Rautenbach from Pretoria who won. I am translating the recipe in English but here is the link for the Boertjies so they can also enjoy all the other online recipes.

http://www.sarie.com/kos/resepte/monique-rautenbach-se-wen-aartappelslaai

The Recipe:

1 Kg Mediterranean potatoes cooked in salt water until soft, drained. Olive oil to keep them moist once peeled.

The sauce

250 ml Tangy mayonnaise
125 ml Creme Fraiche (Sour Creme)
4 - 6 Sour Gherkins chopped finely
15 ml Capers, washed and chopped
1 Red Onion chopped finely
2 Cloves Garlic crushed
1 Small Handful of  Herbs (Dill & Parley) chopped
1 Slice Fresh Lemon lemon juice
Sea Salt and Black Pepper (Crushed)

Garnish

Fresh Wild Rocket and some more Capers.

Peel the cooked potatoes gently and cut in quarters. (Must be small bite sizes). Sprinkle with the Olive Oil. Mix all the sauce ingredients and flavour with salt and pepper. Gently mix sauce with potatoes. Do not over mix and break the potato pieces. Enjoy !!!!!!

As a nice twist crisp some small bacon pieces in a pan a toss on top for some crunch.

Weekend is around the corner for some Rugby and other exciting things.

In conclusion, thank you very much for the special email Wannette about my Blog and how you an Chris enjoy it. Thanks to all the other people who also gave me nice feedback. It inspires me to keep it interesting and hopefully fun.