CAMPFIRE COOKING Learn to master the art of barbequing while on safari! Few countries are as renowned for their barbeques as is South Africa. Kwandwe provides an exciting opportunity for Guests to learn about preparing and cooking authentic South African ‘braais’ and favourite dishes with local ingredients. Combined with a stay at a sole-use safari villa, the experience is private and can be adapted to suit individual needs. ON THE MENU Based on a minimum 3 night stay at one of Kwandwe’s 3 safari villas (Fort House, Melton Manor or Uplands Homestead), 3 sessions are spent learning from Kwandwe’s executive culinary team: Become a Braaimaster: a well established social custom and a traditional way of outdoor cooking in South Africa, a ‘braai’ involves barbequing meat over an open fire. The session will include the preparation of a 3 course meal over an open campfire. Apart from learning to expertly barbeque different types of venison, such as impala, kudu, ostrich, warthog and gemsbok (vegetarian alternatives available), Guests will also help prepare traditional accompaniments such as stoke (or ‘pot’) bread, mielie (corn) bread, farm butter, krummel pap (crumbly porridge made from maize meal) with chakalaka (spicy tomato relish) and potato salad. Included is a hands-on lesson on how to make boerewors, a type of lightly spiced sausage popular in South African cuisine and traditionally cooked as a key ingredient of any braai. Guests will also learn to brew ‘moer koffie’, coffee prepared in a tin pot over an open fire. Ingredient variations will be offered to easily adapt menus back at home, and Guests will also be taught how to best cook the different meats to achieve the best possible flavour and tenderness, including the preparation of a barbeque and how to achieve optimum temperature. South African desserts: Explore cooking traditional South African favourites such as Cape brandy pudding, malva flavoured doughnuts (a variation of the malva pudding), melktert, hertzoggies and koeksisters. Edible plants found on the reserve (such as spekboom, prickly pear and aloe) will also be used to make a refreshing sorbet. Quick meal ideas: Chef will share a few of his secrets to preparing quick and easy meals, with only a few key ingredients – a must for everyday life when time is of the essence! Recipes are included to take home, detailing preparation, cooking times and ingredient substitutes. FACTS AND FIGURES A minimum 3 night stay at a villa is required for the Campfire Cooking package Cost is R 18 000 for the experience – this includes private tuition time with the executive culinary team and all ingredients for the cooking course, as well as local and premium brand spirits, beers, house wines, tea, coffee and mineral water (excludes cost of accommodation) The menu can be tailor-made to suit individual tastes and needs Recipes of all the dishes prepared, to take home A gift from Kwandwe as a memento Children of all ages are welcome .