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In this newsletter, you can look forward to many exciting ideas on how you can incorporate Rooibos into your holiday plans this festive season!
You can look forward to reading more about how to prepare vibrant, exciting Rooibos teas below. This is thanks to the South African Rooibos Council who shared some of the most celebrated and well-known recipes with us recently.
Further to this, you can also find out how you can include Rooibos in your holiday first aid kit. Rooibos has many benefits and healing properties, making it an essential addition for anyone going on a December adventure.
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Herbal iced teas are all the rage right now and for good reason. Not only are they healthy, but they make for the perfect summer drink and can easily be dressed up to create an impressive aperitif, no matter the occasion.
Homegrown Rooibos tea is incredibly versatile, which makes it an ideal base for any drink. Whether your taste buds are craving something sparkly or spicy, the South African Rooibos Council has thought it best to share five expert tips for making flavourful and vibrant iced teas.
They also shared a few easy recipes for Rooibos-based drinks which are bound to be a hit in your home this festive season!
Click here to read more.
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The savvy extreme adventurer, Bear Grylls, has saved his own hide from many a treacherous situation, but the well-known TV host may be surprised to learn just how handy our homegrown Rooibos tea can be in an emergency.
Adele du Toit, spokesperson for the SA Rooibos Council says Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis), which only grows in the Cederberg region of the Western Cape, has become a health phenomenon as news of its beneficial effects have spread in the past few years.
“While most think of it as just a tea, Rooibos is a multi-purpose survival tool that can help you stay hydrated, deal with aches and pains and keep you focused and alert in a crisis.”
If you’re planning to get off the beaten track to escape the busy tourist traps these holidays, discover the remarkable benefits of this tea and why it’s a must for your first aid/survival kit.
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Nothing screams “holidays” as much as fruit cake! We found this unique recipe, which was published on the Woolworths Taste website. Of course, it makes use of Rooibos to give the dessert a unique flavour.
Ingredients:
- 1and 1/2 cups Cake Wheat Flour
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda
- 1/4 teaspoon Sea salt
- 1 teaspoon Cardamom (Elachie) Powder
- 2 tablespoons Cinnamon Powder
- 1 cup Muscavado Molasses Sugar
- 1 cup Fruit Cake Mix
- 1/2 cup Seedless Raisins
- 1/2 cup Sunflower Oil
- 1/4 cup Butter (Melted)
- 2 Large Free Range Eggs
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla Essence
- 1 cup Fresh Milk
- 2 Rooibos Teabags
COOKING INSTRUCTIONS
Fruit Mix Preparation:
Immerse the 2 Rooibos teabags into a pot containing about a cup of boiling water. Bring to the boil until the tea is a strong reddish brown colour. Now add the fruit cake mix, raisins and muscavado sugar into the hot tea and allow to soak for about half an hour. Take tea and fruit mixture from the stove, set aside and allow to cool.
Cake Batter Preparation:
Sift all dry ingredients into a large bowl, including cardamom and cinnamon powder. Whisk dry ingredients until all are fully integrated into each other. Beat the eggs in a separate bowl, adding the milk, oil, vanilla essence and melted butter. Ensure that the melted butter is at a tepid temperature before adding to the rest of the wet ingredients. Mix all the wet ingredients together well. Now add the cooled fruit cake mixture to the wet ingredients and mix gently together until all the fruit is absorbed into the mixture. Now slowly add the dry ingredients to the flour mixture a little at a time. Using a large wooden spoon very gently fold your batter until all the ingredients are fully integrated. Do not over stir your batter. Pour batter gently into a glass baking dish lined with parchment paper. Tap the baking dish gently onto a hard kitchen surface to release any air bubbles before placing into the hot oven.
Baking Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celsius.
- Bake for 1 hour until fully cooked.
- Using a wooden skewer check to determine if the cake is fully cooked.
Serve:
- Cool properly before slicing.
- Delicious served with fresh custard or a dollop of heavy cream.
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Looking to impress your guests with a new twist on an old Christmas favourite? We found this incredible recipe for Rooibos and ginger beer gammon!
Ingredients:
- 2,5 kg gammon
- 1 Litre (4 cups) ginger beer
- 1 Litre (4 cups) Rooibos tea
- 10 peppercorns
- 5 bay leaves
- 4 juniper berries
- 1 Freshline onion, quartered
- 6 Freshline red apples
- 45ml (3 tbsp) soft butter
- 45ml (3 tbsp) honey
- 80ml (1/3 cup) mixed nuts
- 6 cinnamon quills
- apple jelly, to serve
- micro leaves, to serve
Method:
- Place 15ml (1 tbsp) Dijon mustard, 60ml (¼ cup) brandy, 60ml (¼ cup) brown sugar and 60ml (¼ cup) apricot jam in a saucepan, and heat until melted.
- Place the gammon in a large pot. Add the ginger beer, tea, peppercorns, bay leaves,juniper berries and onion, and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer for 1½ hours. Remove from heat and leave to cool slightly. Carefully pull the skin off the gammon, leaving the fat intact. Discard the skin. Leave the gammon to cool in the liquid.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Core the apples and scoop enough flesh out to form a 15ml (1 tbsp) cavity. Combine the butter, honey and mixed nuts in a bowl. Divide the nut mixture between the 6 apples and fill each cavity. Press a cinnamon quill into each apple and set aside.
- Score the fat of the gammon into diamond shapes and place on an oven tray.
- Brush with the glaze. Place the apples around the gammon and bake for 1 hour, basting it with the glaze every 20 minutes.
- Serve the gammon with the roasted apples, micro leaves and apple jelly.
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