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Tempura Peppadew

Add this to your canape repertoire for parties - they're deliciously moreish!

What you need:

• 85g plain flour
• 1 tbsp cornflour
• ½ tsp fine sea salt
• 200ml ice cold sparkling mineral water.
• 24 mild Peppadew Sweet Piquante Peppers, drained and dried
• Groundnut or sunflower oil, for frying

For the dip:

• 1 red peppers, sliced
• 1/2 onion, sliced
• 4 hot Peppadew Sweet Piquante Peppers, sliced
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 75g caster sugar
• 230g can tomatoes
• Seasoning

What you do:

1. Heat the oil in a large pan, add the peppers and onion. Cook for 5 minutes without colouring.
   
2. Add the peppadew and continue to cook for a further 5 minutes. Add the sugar and tomatoes and season and cook gently for 20 minutes or until the mix become jam like.
   
3. Leave to cool for 5 minutes.
   
4. Place the jam into a processor and mix until the mixture is smoother but still with texture.

To make the batter:

1. Sift the plain flour and cornflour with the sea salt into a large mixing bowl. Whisk in the ice-cold sparkling mineral water, don't over beat and use immediately.
2. Heat the oil. Dry the peppadew lightly with kitchen paper. Dip some of the peppadew briefly into the batter, shake off any excess, and then lower straight into the hot oil. Don't crowd the oil. Fry for about 1 minute until light golden and crisp, then drain on kitchen paper.
3. Repeat with the remaining peppadew in batches, dipping into the batter just before you fry them and remember to let the oil heat back up to temperature between each batch.
4. Serve the peppadew tempura alongside the peppadew jam.

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Peppadew

A member of the capsicum family, the sweet and spicy flavour of the South African Sweet Piquante Pepper, sold under the Peppadew brand, is an incredibly versatile food. It's delicious on its own and the perfect accompaniment to a summer barbecue either on a kebab, in a marinade, or added to a salad.