Reuben Riffel shared his culinary talents with this Crispy Snoek and Prawn Dumplings Recipe with Rooibos Tea Salt on The Today Show in the USA.   For this Snoek and Prawn Dumplings Recipe you can use practically any local fish, in this instance Reuben Riffel recommend snoek for the South Africans and Snapper or any white fish for those in the USA and elsewhere.   The Rooibos tea salt is very easy to whip up along with some thyme and will have a variety of uses with other ...

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Reuben Riffel cooks up a South African style Snoek Recipe with West Coast Basting and Salsa Well we say Snoek but in reality in this video Reuben Riffel is using Grouper. The fact of the matter is that you can use this recipe for practically any white fish that is going in your local neighbourhood. Just because it says Snoek does not mean that it has to be. Reuben brings a strong South African influence to this fish ...

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Milk Tart is an iconic South African recipe and Reuben Riffel adds his own touch to this traditional dish. Milk Tart or Melktert as it is often called is a traditional South African recipe that can be found across the country.   You can bring many little twists and turns to it by using biscuits as a base or condensed milk, maizena or a little vanilla essence in the filling.   Reuben Riffel reckons that his little ...

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Watch Reuben Riffel talk about South African cuisine and two of his favourite Cape Town Restaurants. Reuben Riffel chats to the "Daily Meal" about what's hot in South African cuisine and he also shares the names of a couple of his favourite Cape Town restaurants. When its comes to South African cuisine he is still searching for the ultimate South African dish but senses that people are returning to their roots with authentic recipes like bobotie, snoek (preferably on the braai) and ...

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A simple yet delicious Seared Tuna Recipe with a Sesame and Wasabi crust from Reuben Riffel. If you are looking for a very easy tuna recipe then this is one you should definitely take a look at. All that is required are a few tuna steaks, depending on how many you a cooking for, some wasabi, sesame seeds and a few more spices. Simply coat the tuna steaks in the spice mix, drizzle with a little oil and then pop them into a griddle pan for a few minutes each ...

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Looking for some canape ideas? Look no further than this Smoked Salmon with Creme Fraiche Choux Puff recipe by Reuben Riffel.   Reuben does not cover off the critical choux puff pastry aspect of the recipe but have no fear as we have one right here for you.   What Reuben does help out with is finding the correct balance between ingredients and some cool ...

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Reuben Riffel shares a very easy Gnocchi Recipe with you and throws in a little history about the origin of gnocchi at the same time. Gnocchi is a traditional Italian dish but it's origins lie in the Middle East from where the Romans imported it into present day Italy.   A potato gnocchi recipe requires only three simple ingredients, potatoes, flour and eggs. Mix them all together, knead into a dough and cut up into smaller pieces.   From ...

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Reuben Riffel shares a Moroccan Dukkah Crusted Fillet Steak recipe with us, revealing a great way to add some serious flavour to your steak.   Cooking steaks, be it in the kitchen or on the braai is something that South Africans are very good at.   Reuben introduces some North African flavour to this South African standard with a dukkah spice comprising of toasted aniseed, coriander, cumin and sesame seeds. These combined with some mint ...

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Reuben Riffel shares some handy tips while preparing a crepes recipe for everyone to enjoy. Crepes are like pancakes but thinner and very, very French.   You get three main types, Mille crepe, which is a French cake made of many crepe layers; the Grand Marinier flambeed crepes Suzette, with lightly grated orange peel and Cherry Kijafa Crepes which are filled with cherries simmered in ...

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A simple Meringue Recipe from Ruben Riffel based on the French style of making meringues. Reuben Riffel has a passion for food and it's history as he demonstrates in this meringue recipe video, sharing some knowledge about the history of the meringue along with one of his winning recipes.   He uses both icing and caster sugar; icing sugar gives the meringue it's shiny glaze and the caster sugar it's texture.   Reuben also recommends ...

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