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The expected way to make garlic bread is to smear a piece of bread with garlic butter and sprinkle with cheese. Not when you cook with UCOOK, Chef! We transform this tasty classic with a homemade cheese & garlic sauce, nestled inside and on top of a warm sourdough baguette. Served with pan-seared NOMU BBQ … Read more
This recipe puts the ‘adventure’ into Adventurous Foodie, Chef! Tortillas are turned into tasty, savoury cones that’s filled with a tomato sauce-coated beef mince, dotted with silky onion, carrot & rich black beans and spiced with NOMU Taco Mex Mix. Crowned with a golden dome of melted cheese and served with a lime juice-infused avo … Read more
An Italian classic meets a South African favourite in this mouthwatering mash-up of a recipe. Fluffy on the inside, crispy on the outside, NOMU-spiced gnocchi is scattered over a bed of fresh greens. Joining the party for your palate is tangy tomato, plum green peas, salty biltong, & parsley-infused pickled onion. Coated in a honey … Read more
You say pepper sauce, we say sauce au poivre, Chef! This classic French sauce elevates the taste of anything this lipsmacking liquid touches. Today that’s line-caught yellowtail fillet, pan-seared to perfection. Served wtih oven-roasted butternut and a feta & fresh oregano salad. Expect to hear exclamations of “C’est délicieux!” around the dinner table tonight.
Spanish for ‘chilli with meat’, you know this dish is going to bring the spice if the Spanish decided to mention the heat factor before the meat in the name, Chef! Fresh chilli is added to a base of silky onion, NOMU Rub, beef stock, meaty kidney beans, tender browned lamb, tangy tomato & a … Read more
If it’s been one of those days, you’ll be happy to know that things are about to turn around for the better. As in much better, Chef! Feel the stress melt away as you savour a plate of cheesy baby potato wedges, with a sriracha-mayo sauce for dunking. This accompanies juicy slices of beef and … Read more
It’s wine and dine o’clock, Chef! Juicy browned beef meatballs are submerged into a superbly elegant red wine-based sauce, with delicate layers of mirepoix (onion, carrot & celery) and a rich beef stock mix. Depth is added with tomato paste and complemented by a smooth sauerkraut mash.
Keen on quinoa, Chef? Then you will love this recipe, which complements this nutrient-dense seed (yes, it’s not a grain!) with earthy beetroot, silky onion, sweet pops of corn, browned strips of beef & crisp greens. A zestiness is added with lemon juice, a creaminess with a cottage cheese drizzle and herbaceousness with fresh parsley.
If this dish was a song, it would be a beautiful symphony, Chef! With the classic combination of homemade tomato sauce and gnocchi shell pasta, this dish is pitch-perfect on the palate by adding browned beef strips, creamy crumblings of blue cheese, and toasted pine nuts. Finished with a drizzle of balsamic vinegar.
At UCOOK, we think it’s always time to spread festive cheer through food, and this recipe will definitely share the merriness, even mid-year, Chef! A butter & rosemary infused ostrich steak is generously drizzled with a spicy & sweet mulled wine sauce. Happily sharing the plate as sides are smashed oven roasted baby potatoes and … Read more