Mushroom and Blue Cheese Sauce

This sauce goes particularly well with steak, but can be served with any red meat really.  Since I can remember my mother made this sauce with a steak braai {or barbeque as more commonly known in other countries}

What you need:
2 tablespoons Butter
4 tablespoons Flour
1 cup Full cream milk

250 ml Double cream
250 g Brown mushrooms
150 g Blue cheese {like gorgonzola}
1/2 teaspoon mixed herbs
Salt and Pepper to taste

In a saucepan, heat the butter over medium-low heat until melted.  Add the flour and stir until smooth.  Over medium heat, cook mixture for about 2 min.  Add the heated milk, whisking until smooth.

Add the mushrooms, cheese, herbs and cream and stir until well mixed.

Bring to boil and allow to simmer for about 15 min {or until cheese is melted and mushrooms soft}

Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Set aside until ready to serve.

{I find it best it you have it set aside for at least an hour, then slightly heat it before serving}

pap-e-delle

Pap-e-delle is a dish that I often make with a braai (barbeque for those not in South-Africa) its absolutely yummy and I love the leftovers for breakfast the next day :-)

What you need:
1cup maize meal
1cup maize rice
1 tin whole kernel corn
1 tin tomato puree
6 ripe tomatoes diced
2 medium onions sliced
1 packed of onion soup powder
1cup chutney (Mrs. Balls is the best)
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
salt and pepper to taste
grated cheddar cheese

To start you first need to cook the maize meal and the maize rice. Keeping in mind that the maize rice will cook longer than maize meal.  So you need to cook it separately or add the maize meal to the maize rice after about 10 min of cooking.

Leave to cool slightly while you are making the sauce.

Slowly fry the sliced onions, and when soft add the diced tomatoes.  Allow to simmer for about 2 min then add the onion soup that is mixed with about 50ml of water, the tomato puree, chutney, and balsamic vinegar, and mix well.  Allow to simmer for about 10 minutes.

Mix the maize mixture with the tin of whole corn.

Use a spoon and make balls bigger than a golf ball (but smaller than a tennis ball) and place in a ovenproof dish.

When you have filled the dish add the tomato sauce.

Then top it off with the grated cheese.  Place under the over grill and grill till golden brown.

Serve warm, and enjoy!