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RECIPES
INGREDIENTS
Celebrate summer with • 2 ripe nectarines
these mouth-watering • 2 ripe dark plums
• Olive oil
recipes made with • 2 tsp honey
• 100g feta cheese, crumbled or cubed
fresh healthy • 120g mange tout, blanched
ingredients • 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
• ¼ cup thinly sliced spring onions
• ½ cup micro herbs
• ¼ cup thinly sliced mint leaves
• 2 tbsp. red wine vinegar
• 2 tsp Dijon mustard
• 1 tsp castor sugar
• 120g wild rocket
• Freshly ground black pepper SPARKLING
CHAMPAGNE
METHOD SANGRIA
• Preheat oven to 200°C. The extra bubbly nature of this
• Slice the stone fruits in half, Sparkling Fruit Sangria makes
remove the pips and then slice into for one amazingly delicious
wedges. Toss together with 4 tsp combination of dessert and
olive oil and 2 tsp honey. Place on refreshment! This is Summer
a roasting tray and roast until the Cocktail perfection!
edges are golden brown.
ROASTED STONE FRUIT • Remove from the oven and allow
AND FETA SALAD to cool. INGREDIENTS large pitcher or bowl, add wine and
If you’d like to taste the very essence of summer, • Toss together the roasted fruit, • 1 orange, thinly sliced allow to sit in the refrigerator for 3 –
this salad is just the thing. Roast nectarine and feta, mange tout, tomato, spring • 1/2 lemon, thinly sliced 24 hours. Right before serving, add
plum wedges to bring out every bit of their onion, micro herbs and mint. • 1 cup blueberries champagne.
flavour, and when cool toss them with crumbled • Whisk 90ml of olive oil together • 1 cup raspberries Taste; if you’d like it to be sweeter,
feta, mange tout, tomato, spring onion, micro with the vinegar, mustard and castor • 10 large strawberries, sliced add 1/4 cup granulated sugar or
herbs and finely sliced mint. Spoon this gorgeous, sugar to make a vinaigrette. • 1 cup orange juice honey.
jewel-bright mixture over a bed of rocket, and • Layer the rocket in a bowl and • 1 750ml bottle sweet white wine Serve and enjoy!
drizzle with a red wine vinegar and Dijon mustard spoon over the fruit and feta mix. • 1 750ml bottle your favourite
vinaigrette. • Drizzle the vinaigrette over the champagne
salad and finish with a twist of black TIP: For non-alcoholic Sparkling
pepper. INSTRUCTIONS Sangria, replace with non-alcoholic
Place all fruit and orange juice in a sparkling wine and white wine
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