05/10/2026
Four whites, four plates 🍋🍷
Spring recipes made for our white w**es. Each serves 4.
🌮 HAKE TACOS WITH GRANADILLA SALSA
Pour: Sauvignon Blanc 2025
You'll need: 600g hake strips, flour + paprika, 2 eggs, panko, 8 tortillas, shredded red cabbage. Salsa: 4 granadillas, 1 green apple, ½ red onion, green chilli, lime, coriander. Mayo + lime zest.
1️⃣ Mix the salsa and chill.
2️⃣ Dip the fish in paprika flour, egg, then panko.
3️⃣ Shallow-fry 2–3 min a side until golden.
4️⃣ Build tacos: cabbage, fish, salsa, lime mayo.
🌱 ASPARAGUS & PEA RISOTTO
Pour: Atlantic Slopes Sauvignon Blanc 2025
You'll need: 300g arborio rice, 2 bunches asparagus, 1 cup peas, 1.2L hot veg stock, onion, garlic, ½ cup w**e, butter, Parmesan, 100g goat's cheese, lemon, mint.
1️⃣ Soften the onion and garlic in butter, add the rice.
2️⃣ Add the w**e, then the stock a ladle at a time (about 18 min).
3️⃣ Add the asparagus and peas for the last 5 min.
4️⃣ Stir in butter, Parmesan and lemon. Top with goat's cheese and mint.
🍋 LEMON, HONEY & THYME ROAST CHICKEN
Pour: Saartjie Semillon 2025
You'll need: 1.6kg chicken, 2 lemons, garlic, thyme, 60g butter, 2 Tbsp honey, 1kg baby potatoes, ½ cup w**e.
1️⃣ Rub lemon-thyme butter under the skin. Lemons in the cavity.
2️⃣ Roast on the potatoes and garlic at 200°C for 1 hour.
3️⃣ Brush with honey and lemon, add the w**e, roast 15–20 min more.
4️⃣ Rest 15 min and spoon over the pan juices.
🦐 GARLIC & CHILLI PRAWNS WITH MELON SALAD
Pour: Kronkelpad Verdelho 2023
You'll need: 800g prawns, butter, olive oil, 4 garlic cloves, red chilli, lemon, parsley, bread. Salad: spanspek, rocket, mint.
1️⃣ Plate the spanspek, rocket and mint with lemon and oil.
2️⃣ Fry the prawns in very hot oil, 2 min without moving.
3️⃣ Turn, add butter, garlic and chilli, baste 1–2 min.
4️⃣ Finish with lemon and parsley. Mop up with bread.
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