After many years of presenting Rustenburg Herald’s popular cooking column, one of the first things I have learned is that “one never knows everything”, says Waldie Volschenk. This week we are back with a delicious chocolate and strawberry vacherin or for those who didn’t know (myself included) - a vacherin is made of layers of crisp meringue sandwiched together with fruit and cream. It makes a fabulous dessert for special occasions or when your sweet tooth got the better of you. This is actually quite easy to make but will make a huge impression on anyone invited to sit at your table – let alone your mother-in-law! Teaching us this wonderful recipe this week is Caroline Molokoane, a young cooking student with a diploma in food preparation and culinary arts at Rustenburg’s Professional Cooking Academy. Caroline went about like this:
Chocolate and strawberry vacharin
Serves 6