Laager Rooibos Partnership – WITH LOVE FROM THE TWINS

2023 Laager Rooibos Campaign

We’ve been with laager rooibos for about 7 years and we have grown exponentially, as business women, as a brand and as recipe developers and chefs.

For the past few years, this amazing tea brand has given us creative freedom when it comes to playing around with the teas and testing different recipes. We have developed and tested over 90 recipes and they’ve all been fantastic. We’ve been forced to think creatively and out of the box and we appreciate that freedom.
Throughout the years, we’ve become very health conscious and more focused on nutrition. So you’ll notice most of our recipes will be a bit healthier, with the occasional cheat day of course. And this is why we keep falling in love with the brand, it speaks to us in every phase our food journey.
This year’s campaign was fun and beautiful to shoot, we hope you enjoy the videos, recipes and well curated content.

“You have to belong somewhere, choose where you are valued and respected.” We are so grateful to the Laager Rooibos team for keeping us around.

Enjoy.

With love, The Twins.

LAAGER ROOIBOS CAMPAIGN 2021

February 26, 2021/in Laager Rooibos Partnership /by The Twins

Durban Book Launch

February 7, 2020/in Food Stories, Laager Rooibos Partnership /by The Twins

Here’s a look at our Durban leg of our food stories book launch.

It’s always nerve wrecking going to a new city, you never know how you’ll be received but we have to say, Durban was fantastic and the people there are just everything. Thank you for your kindness.

A huge Thank you to Exclusive Books Gateway for hosting us.

Thank you to NB publishers for making the second launch possible.

And another huge thank you to our Laager Rooibos family for supporting the launch and contributing so much to the success of this launch.

And last but not least, a huge thank you to Katherine Kidger for our absolutely gorgeous gowns, we looked like absolute princesses. Thank you.

With Love, The Twins xx

Shaa'ista Kathree (influencer) - durban-min

ROOIBOS INFUSED BOBOTIE SAMOOSAS

August 30, 2019/in Laager Rooibos Partnership, Recipes, Sandwich Saturday /by The Twins

FILLING:
1 onion, finely chopped
15 ml curry powder
2 ml cumin
3 ml tumeric
500 g beef mince
40 ml chutney
40 ml raisins
250 ml strongly brewed Rooibos tea
1 egg

SAMOOSAS:
15 sheets spring roll pastry
15 ml maïzena paste
Sunflower oil, for frying

Heat oil in a saucepan. Sauté onions till transparent. Add curry powder, cumin and tumeric. Fry for 1 minute.
Add the mince and cook till browned.
Add the Chutney, raisins and tea.
Cook for about 10-15 minutes till the sauce thickens.
Adjust seasoning.
Cool slightly, then add the egg.
Place 1 pastry sheet in a diamond shape in from of you. Place about 2 Tbls of filling in a line on the corner closest to you. Fold over to enclose the filling.
Bring the two side corners in over the filling and roll up tightly.
*You could either fold them like a spring roll or samosa.
Brush the end piece of the pastry with maïzena paste to seal it.
Fry patty in medium hot oil for about 5 minutes till golden brown. Drain on paper towels.
Serve with extra Chutney.

WILD CHERRY & CRANBERRY ROOIBOS MALIBU SUNSET

August 30, 2019/in Juice-it Thursday, Laager Rooibos Partnership, Recipes /by The Twins

INGREDIENTS:
1/2 Rooibos ice cubes
1/2 cup cranberry juice
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1/4 cup Malibu coconut rum
Grenadine, drizzled
Maraschino cherries, for garnish
Pomegranate rubies, for garnish

To make ice cubes, brew your tea normally, cook it down completely and pour into ice cube moulds and freeze till ready to use.
Add ice to glass, add the juices, the Malibu rum and stir.
Pour into glasses. Drizzle in the grenadine. Garnish.
Serve immediately. Drink is intended for only those who consume alcohol.

ROOIBOS INFUSED VANILLA ICE-CREAM

August 30, 2019/in Freestyle Friday, Laager Rooibos Partnership /by The Twins

INGREDIENTS:
11/4 cup milk
5 Tbls Rooibos loose tea leaves
2 eggs
1/2 cup castor sugar
2 Tbls vanilla paste
2 cups cream

In a saucepan, bring the milk to the boil and turn off heat. Add the tea leaves and allow to infuse for about 5 minutes. Allow to cool.
Beat the eggs and sugar till fluffy, add the vanilla paste and beat till well combined. Add just one cup of the cooled milk tea to the egg mixture as well as the cream and briefly mix.
Run mixture through an ice-cream maker according to instructions.

**if you don’t have an ice-cream maker, beat the cream until stiff, fold in the egg mixture and the milk. Make sure to not beat the air out.
Pour mixture into a plastic freezer bowl and freeze for about 6-8 hours. Mix the ice-cream every 11/2 hours.

Rooibos Beef Curry served with Roti

June 29, 2019/in Laager Rooibos Partnership, Recipes, Very Meaty Wednesday /by The Twins

Serves: 4-6
Prep time: 1hr10 mins

we served this at one of our pop up restaurants, it was perfect for the occasion because it was a rainy day. We served the curry with Roti, Tzatziki and salsa, it was amazing. It’s a lovely recipe, we added the Rooibos to replace the artificial stock, we found it was easier to control the seasoning that way (stock tends to have a lot of salt).

Ingredients:
500g Beef Shoulder, cubed
2 Tbs Oil
2 Onions, finely chopped
2 Carrots, peeled and cubed
2 Potatoes, diced
2 Tbs Minced Garlic
2 Green Chilies, finely chopped
2 Tbs Minced Ginger
2 tsp Tumeric
2 tsp Cumin
2 tsp Coriander
2 tsp Chili Powder
1 Tbs Five Spice
Salt and Pepper
425g Canned Tomatoes
2C Strong Rooibos Tea
45ml Curry Paste
150ml Coconut Cream
Roti to serve

Method:
In a large saucepan, brown the meat on both sides. Remove from the heat and set aside. In the same pan, sauté onions until golden brown. Add the garlic and ginger, sauté for 2 mins. Stir in the spices and cook for a further 2 mins. Add the meat back in as well as the vegetables, adjust seasoning.
Stir in the curry paste and add in the tomatoes and the Rooibos tea. Simmer for 45 mins, until the meat is tender.
Just before dine, stir in the coconut cream.
Serve with Roti. Garnish with fresh herbs.

Rooibos Tea Cake

June 27, 2019/in Cheat Tuesday, Laager Rooibos Partnership, Recipes /by The Twins

Serves: 8
Prep time: 35-40 mins

Always make sure your pan is well greased. Always put baking paper at the base of your Pan and grease the sides with either butter or cooking spray. Let the loaf cool down a bit once it’s done baking before removing it from the pan, when it’s warm it’s a bit delicate and is guaranteed to break. Be patient.

Ingredients:
500g Vanilla Cake Mix
1C Rooibos Tea, cooled
3 Eggs
1/3C Oil
1 Banana, mashed
2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
1 tsp Ground Nutmeg
1 tsp Ground Ginger
125ml Walnuts, chopped
1 tsp Baking Soda

Icing:
250ml Water
4 Rooibos Teabags
1 Cinnamon Stick
4 Cardamon Pods
4 Cloves
2 Star Anise
Icing Sugar
Chopped Walnuts for topping

Method:
Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius.
Grease a cake tin.
Mix the tea, eggs and oil together, add the wet ingredients to the cake mix, using a spatula. Mix until a smooth batter is formed.
In a separate bowl, mix the banana, spices, nuts and baking soda together. Stir the banana mixture into the batter. Pour batter into prepared baking dish.
Bake for 25 mins or until a testing pin is inserted and comes out clean.
Cool the cake down completely.
To make icing, boil the teabags in the water with the rest of the ingredients excluding the sugar and nuts. Reduce liquid to about 1/2 cup.
Using a sieve, remove all the spices from the liquid and cool the liquid down completely.
Whisk in the icing sugar into the liquid until you reach a desired consistency. Spread over cake and garnish with nuts.

SWEET & SMOKY ROOIBOS BBQ DRY RUB MIX

June 11, 2019/in Freestyle Friday, Laager Rooibos Partnership, Recipes /by The Twins

INGREDIENTS:
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
2 Tbls Smokey salt
11/2 Tbls smoked paprika
2 tsp chilli flakes
4 Tbls loose Rooibos leaves
2 tsp dried rosemary
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 1/2 tsp ground pepper
1 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1/4!tsp ground all spice

METHOD:
Place all the ingredients into a pastel and mortar and grind the ingredients till smooth and well combined.
Store in an airtight container till ready to use.

You can use this mix as a dry rub on red meat, chicken, seafood , veggies, tofu, corn on the cob. Or just sprinkle on already grilled veggies.