Karoo Recipes

From our homes to yours. From our hearts to yours.

Retreat into age-old recipes from the farm or feast on a familiar favourite given a fresh new twist. We’re compiling some of the simplest of Karoo recipes, some of the most flavoursome feasts and some of the freshest combinations to bring you tastes of the Karoo – from our homes to yours, from our hearts to yours.

Recipes

Spiced cauliflower with chickpeas, herbs & pine nuts

The Karoo Heartland may be famous for its Karoo lamb, but there are more and more travellers with dietary requests. Vegetarians and vegans who don't...

CUSTARD PUDDING

What is dinner at a Karoo guest farm without a lekker dessert? CUSTARD PUDDING 1 packet of Tennis Biscuits 1 tin Condensed milk 1 small tin of...

Quick and Easy Macaroni Cheese

Sunday lunch in the Karoo. Melt-in-the-mouth tender Karoo lamb roast and veggies with malva for pudding and chocolate cake for afternoon tea. Yeah,...

Pecan Pie

One of the desert favourites on a Karoo farm stay is Pecan Pie. Especially if nuts are grown on the farm. Bakers have been asked, actually begged,...

Anne’s Cupcakes

Tea time at a Karoo guest farm isn't tea time without some cake or tart on offer with your afternoon coffee or tea. One of Anne Bowker's most...

Anne’s Easy Cheese Puffs

Anne Bowker often made these Cheese Puffs as part of their breakfast when they ran a guest farm outside Cradock. There were usually nothing left...

Thornsprings’ Slow Cooked Leg of Lamb

When you ask people to think about food from the Karoo, the first thing most would come up with is Karoo lamb. It's because of this that we share...

Traditional Roly-Poly

Most Karoo farmers' wives probably bake a Roly-Poly pudding from memory. It's no different with Carine van Kerken of DikkopVlakte Gasteplaas between...

Malva Pudding domes with salted caramel ice cream, candied ginger & salted caramel crumb

Food is a very important part of any Karoo Heartland travel experience. In the Karoo, we share our treasured family recipes, celebrate Slow Food and...

Granny’s Scone Recipe

Fresh and hot from the oven, these scones from Chantelle & Marizanne of Camdeboo Cottages and Karoopark Guesthouse in Graaff Reinet are made...

ROAST LAMB – made in Middelburg

Wrap up in the warm embrace of Karoo Heartland cooking this winter with this irresistable roast lamb recipe from the Rabbit Hole at Hillston Farm's...