South African comfort food with a trendy twist to warm you up from the inside.
Three-cheese pap served with saffron chakalaka and classic boerewors
Ingredients
- PAP
 - 250ml water
 - 5ml salt
 - 500ml maize meal
 - 50ml blue cheese
 - 50ml Parmesan, grated
 - 50ml mature cheddar
 - 50ml butter
 CHAKALAKA
- 40ml butter
 - 40ml olive oil
 - 1 large onion, diced
 - 3 garlic cloves, chopped
 - 1 large red pepper, diced
 - 1 large yellow pepper, diced
 - 1 large green pepper, diced
 - 4 large carrots, grated
 - 2 small red chillies, seeded and diced
 - pinch of saffron
 - 1 x 215g tin baked beans in tomato sauce
 - salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
 
Instructions
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															To make the pap, bring the water with the salt to a rolling boil, sprinkle the maize meal over and boil for 15 minutes.
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															Stir with a fork to obtain a crumbly consistency, lower the heat, cover partially and simmer for 30 minutes.
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															Mix the cheese and butter until well creamed and stir into the maize meal just before serving.
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															For the chakalaka, heat the butter and olive oil in a frying pan and fry the onion until transparent. Add the garlic and cook for another 3 minutes. Stir in the peppers, carrots, chilli and saffron and cook for 15 minutes.
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															Add the beans and cook for a further 5 minutes.
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		Serve the pap and chakalaka with boerewors straight off the braai.

                                							







