We’ve got the most popular recipes that you, the reader, were searching for during the month of August on Crush. Prego Sauce is back, elevate your potato bake game, perfect the seafood pasta of your dreams, enjoy boozy desserts. Time to get cooking!

LENTIL & VEGETABLE BOBOTIE

Butternut, carrots, courgettes, tomatoes and lentils all mixed into one delicious dish. This meatless bobotie will leave you wanting to try more vegetarian recipes. The perfect body-warming food for August.

Recipe for Lentil and Vegetable Bobotie

PREGO SAUCE

Month after month, this prego sauce recipe creeps its way to the very top of our most viewed recipes. And for good reason! It’s safe to say you guys love this iconic condiment recipe because it gives the much-loved sandwich its kick. It’s no surprise that it has been a hit this August, it’s great for those cold, winter nights.

Recipe for Prego Sauce

PRAWN BISQUE WITH LINGUINE

Two worlds colliding! The added linguine only makes the prawn bisque even better, it’s rich in flavour and perfect for date night. Even though this recipe was extremely popular in August, this recipe is great all year long.

Recipe for Prawn Bisque With Linguine

RIBEYE WITH BLACK GARLIC AND TRUFFLE SAUCE

I mean nothing says fancy quite like truffle sauce. It has a light garlicky flavour with a deep musky aroma, it’s just crazy good. Mixed together on a coffee-rubbed ribeye and you’ve got yourself a gourmet meal. This recipe may be a hit in August but once you nail this recipe,  you’ll be making it for every special occasion in your life.

Recipe for Ribeye with Black Garlic and Truffle Sauce

MUSTARD CREAM VERTICAL POTATO BAKE

Do we even really need to elaborate on how ridiculously good this is? This deliciously cheesy, bitey and textural Mustard Cream Potato Bake is everything you’ve ever wanted in cold August. A crunchy top and creamy bottom, mixed with a generous handful of grated mature cheddar, really takes this bake to a whole other level.

Recipe for Potato Bake

Savoury Blue Cheese Cheesecake

We’ve died and gone to cheesecake heaven. This recipe is a savoury showstopper, blue cheese cheesecake topped with caramelised onions, preserved figs, toasted walnuts and baby beets. It’s wonderfully decadent and baked to perfection.

Recipe for Savoury Cheesecake

LEMONGOLD® CHEESECAKE MOUSSE CUPS WITH BISCOFF BISCUIT BASE

Boy oh boy, this recipe for cheesecake mousse cups has been a hit this August. Which makes sense, no baking required. This lemon cheesecake mousse with a Biscoff cookie base is easily one of our top 10 desserts. The combination of the crunchy cookie base with the cheesecake mousse and the Lemongold curd, is a delicious zingy surprise.

Recipe for Cheesecake Cups

GINGER PEAR CAKE WITH GIN & TONIC POACHED & CARAMELISED PEARS

We can all agree that this Ginger Pear Cake with Gin and Tonic Poached and Carmelised Pears looks like a work of art. We’ve used Inverroche classic gin that is infused with fynbos, resulting in a taste that is exotic and intriguing with aromas of citrus, rose petals and assertive florals delivering a crisp, dry and spicy finish, a perfect match for this decadent ginger pear cake. This cake is spicy, flavourful, and decadent, everything you want in a winter dessert. Serve a slice with some delicious pure vanilla ice cream or whipped vanilla cream

Recipe for Ginger Pear Cake

MINI MALVA PUDDINGS

This August has been a chilly one making it the perfect weather for curling up on the couch and overindulging a bit. Malva pudding is one of those quintessential South African desserts that brings back childhood memories, everyone’s mom, granny or aunty has the best recipe. We’ve mixed it up a bit and made them in mini form, they’re not only cute but incredibly delicious.

Recipe for Mini Malva Puddings

RASPBERRY FRANGIPANE TARTS

This is another one of Crush’s all-time most popular recipes. The tartness of raspberries works really well with the almond-flavoured sweet pastry cream of the frangipane. Serve with a dollop of Chantilly cream and your lockdown home high tea is sorted!

Recipe for Raspberry Frangipane Tarts

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