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About Charl Cooks

Charl Cooks is one of the most well-loved and longest running features on Algoa FM.

For over 7 years, Charl Leslie has whipped up his own batch of culinary delights and shared these with Algoa Country. From tasty treats, decadent desserts and mouth watering meals, Charl Cooks has an exhaustive history of incredible foods and advice.

A self-taught chef, Charl Leslie, takes the listener step by step along the path to improving cooking skills, as he himself has done. Admitting mistakes and learning from them along the way.

Catch Charl Cooks, on Sundays at 08:10 on Algoa FM.

Latest Posts

Charl Cooks… Roasted Butternut soup, Baby Marrow & Bacon soup, and two breads – Feta & rosemary and “Braaibroodjie”

07:18 (GMT+2), Sun, Sunday, May 12, 2013

Charl Cooks… Roasted Butternut soup, Baby Marrow & Bacon soup, and two breads – Feta & rosemary and “Braaibroodjie” This past week was my birthday, so I decided to kill two birds with one stone, so to speak, and took soup to work instead of the customary “koek n tee”, also intending to use the recipes and pics in this week’s edition. Both of the soups could be eaten cold, b... read more

Rosemary & Feta bread and Braaibroodjie bread

07:03 (GMT+2), Sun, Sunday, May 12, 2013

For the breads: In each case I used 700-800g of ready-made bread dough (available from most supermarkets) and just mixed in the other ingredients or used them as a topping. In both cases, move the dough to a floured board (with floured hands) and knead out the air in a circular motion (you use both hands to push the dough away from you, then lift back to fold over, while rotating the dough slightly) – work in the he... read more

Charl Cooks... Easy Chicken Pies, Bangers & Mash and Bacon Cheddar & Chive Muffins for Mothers’ Day

08:05 (GMT+2), Sun, Sunday, May 05, 2013

Charl Cooks... Easy Chicken Pies, Bangers & Mash and Bacon Cheddar & Chive Muffins for Mothers’ Day I think you would impress Mom if you were to make any of these for her next Sunday. With Dad supervising and allocating tasks according to age, you’ll be fine… Years ago, I made a deal with Candice when she was visiting from the UK – I swapped her the recipe for Moroccan Chicken Vegetable s... read more

Clever Bangers & Mash

08:03 (GMT+2), Sun, Sunday, May 05, 2013

Clever Bangers & Mash 4 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into 3-4cm chunks 1 medium onion, chopped finely 30ml Ina Paarman Green Onion (or vegetable or chicken stock powder/cube) 4 peeled, bruised garlic cloves (optional) a little vegetable oil for frying 500g pork sausages 15ml plain flour and 5-10ml gravy powder butter/margarine and milk for the mash Put the potatoes, onion, garlic and Ina Paarman spice int... read more

Bacon Cheddar & Chive Muffins

07:34 (GMT+2), Sun, Sunday, May 05, 2013

Bacon Cheddar & Chive Muffins 300g plain flour 20ml baking powder 5ml salt 30ml sugar 6 slices streaky bacon, cooked till crisp & crumbled/chopped 100g cheddar cheese, grated Handful chopped chives/spring onion greens A little chopped fresh parsley (optional) 2 eggs 250ml milk 125ml vegetable oil Combine the first 7 ingredients in a large bowl and make a well in centre of the mixture. Whisk together t... read more

Charl Cooks… Vegetable Soup, Venison Stew and Custard Tartlets

08:07 (GMT+2), Sun, Sunday, April 28, 2013

Charl Cooks… Vegetable Soup, Venison Stew and Custard Tartlets A visit to George some years ago for the annual Vodashop Cheese Festival saw me trying many things other than cheese – like a nostalgia evoking vegetable and barley soup, I’d never made such a soup, but eaten it many times – so how about it? It was also hunting season, about which I have mixed feelings – I am in favour of cullin... read more

Venison and Waterblommetjie Stew

08:04 (GMT+2), Sun, Sunday, April 28, 2013

Venison and Waterblommetjie Stew 30ml butter/margarine/cooking liquid 2 onions finely chopped 2 carrots, grated 2 celery sticks, sliced thinly (2-3mm) 250g streaky bacon, sliced 1,5cm 1,5kg trimmed venison cubes (3-4cm) 2 cans (340ml) beer of choice 30ml lemon juice 1 prepack fresh waterblommetjies (or 2 cans) To thicken: mix 15ml flour, 15ml cornflour and 10ml gravy powder in 50ml water 30ml vinegar Sweat th... read more

Vanilla Custard Tarts

08:02 (GMT+2), Sun, Sunday, April 28, 2013

Vanilla Custard Tarts (adapted from www.taste.com.au ) 24 wonton wrappers 10ml caster sugar Custard 80ml caster sugar 45ml (Moirs) custard powder 500ml milk 10ml vanilla essence (or 2,5ml extract) 150g cherries, quartered, stones removed * 10ml icing sugar, to serve Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 12-hole, 1/3-cup capacity muffin pan. Lightly brush 1 wonton wrapper with cold water and sprinkle with a li... read more

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