I first tasted these at a little slice of heaven in McGregor, South Africa. It took every scrap of restraint I had not to eat the whole batch in one sitting. Days there were spent picking juicy naartjies straight from the tree, wandering between blossoming peach trees, and — at the start and end of it all — sitting down for tea and rusks while lifelong friends reminisced and laughed about a life lived to its fullest.
As always, I have adapted this recipe to be slightly more healthy (adding oat flour, wholewheat flour and milled flaxseeds for fibre) and homemade semi-skimmed buttermilk. As well as a mix of seeds and raisins and dried cherries.
Flavour: nutty, malty, chewy pockets of raisin and dried cherry, a soft toast of coconut through it
Texture: craggy and firm from the packet, soft the moment they meet hot tea
Made with: sunflower, pumpkin, poppy and flaxseeds, raisins, dried cherries, toasted coconut, oat flour and wholegrain for fibre
Best with: a strong pot of tea, and someone worth telling a story to
Contains: wheat, oats, dairy (butter, buttermilk, milk powder), egg. May contain sulphites (dried fruit).
Sizes:
Small: 250g
Medium: 500g
Large: 1kg
I first tasted these at a little slice of heaven in McGregor, South Africa. It took every scrap of restraint I had not to eat the whole batch in one sitting. Days there were spent picking juicy naartjies straight from the tree, wandering between blossoming peach trees, and — at the start and end of it all — sitting down for tea and rusks while lifelong friends reminisced and laughed about a life lived to its fullest.
As always, I have adapted this recipe to be slightly more healthy (adding oat flour, wholewheat flour and milled flaxseeds for fibre) and homemade semi-skimmed buttermilk. As well as a mix of seeds and raisins and dried cherries.
Flavour: nutty, malty, chewy pockets of raisin and dried cherry, a soft toast of coconut through it
Texture: craggy and firm from the packet, soft the moment they meet hot tea
Made with: sunflower, pumpkin, poppy and flaxseeds, raisins, dried cherries, toasted coconut, oat flour and wholegrain for fibre
Best with: a strong pot of tea, and someone worth telling a story to
Contains: wheat, oats, dairy (butter, buttermilk, milk powder), egg. May contain sulphites (dried fruit).
Sizes:
Small: 250g
Medium: 500g
Large: 1kg
