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ROLLED RIB OF SPRINGBOK Hentie Burger
with apple and blue cheese sauce 1 rib of springbok or lamb
TO COOK THE ROLLED RIB
String casing or culinary string
100 g butter 750 ml red wine
FILLING
2 Granny Smith apples or pears, peeled and chopped
500 g minced meat 1 onion, chopped
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2 slices of white bread (or 1 bread roll) soaked in water 1 apple, grated 250 ml pitted dates, chopped 25 ml white wine vinegar
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Heat the butter in a cast-iron pot. Brown the meat on all sides in the hot butter. Add the apple pieces and the red wine. Cover with a lid. Simmer on the fire, or on the stove, or in the oven for about 2 hours until the meat is soft.
200 g streaky bacon 25 ml chutney
SAUCE
15 ml apricot jam
Pan juices with apple pieces
5 ml salt
5 ml black pepper
2.5 ml pepper
50 g blue cheese
Pinch of cloves
125 ml cream
5 ml dried thyme
100ml sweet chilli sauce
2 cloves of garlic, chopped • • • • • •
Mix all the ingredients for the filling. Cover the inside of the rib with half of the streaky bacon. Spread the filling evenly over the bacon. Roll with care and cover the outside with the remaining bacon. Put into a string casing or bind with kitchen string.
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Add the pepper, blue cheese, sweet chilli sauce and cream to the pan juices and reduce until the sauce has thickened. Take off the string and cut the roll into slices. Serve with the apple and blue-cheese sauce.
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FLYNAMIBIA JUNE 2022
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