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Char grilled fillet of Impala with wild rosemary Langarm reduction

07 December, 2012

INGREDIENTS

2kg Fillet of Impala

MARINADE

150gr rosemary

1table spoon crushed black pepper corns

4 carrots finely chopped

2 whole onions chopped

1 bunch table celery chopped

10 bay leaves

750ml red wine (not sweet) dry

250ml olive oil

SAUCE

1 bunch of fresh rosemary

1kg bones from the game

10 chopped unpeeled garlic cloves

4 chopped unpeeled onions

4 whole chopped celery

1kg tomato paste (or fresh tomatoes)

2 bottles of Solms-Astor Langarm (wine)

METHOD OF PREP

• Braise or roast the bones until golden brown.

• Add the vegetables and rosemary to the bones and keep roasting or braising untilvegetables are tender.

• Add tomato paste, stir well, and deglaze with one of the red wine bottles.

• Add water, bring to boil, reduce stock by 50%, strain , place stock back on heat,

bring to boil .

• Then add the last bottle of red wine, reduce by 50%, adjust seasoning and consistency as needed.

METHOD

• Chargrill the impala fillet on both sides till it is medium to rare. Don’t forget to season the meat

• Let the meat rest for several minutes

• Stir fry julienne of peppers, carrots and baby marrow in a wok

• Plate up the vegetables first in the middle of the plate, add the impala fillet on top,

finish off with the Langarm reduction and decorate with a rosemary sprig. ENDS

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Editors Note

We return once more with another mouthwatering edition. We bring you the Miss Botswana 2026 as our cover story to encourage young beautiful ones out there that hard work and perseverance always pays.

Our youth need to know that their God-given talent can be utilised to earn them a living. Be it in sport, beauty pageants or any pursuit they wish to undertake.

Life is not always about having a white or blue-collar job, waking each day to sit behind a desk in an office or working for someone or some company. It is all about maximising every little opportunity we have to accomplish that, which we desire.

We also feature a story of the Botswana Sports Awards, which saw a young man of the moment, a 400 metre World Champion and a national records breaker, Collen Kebinatshipi become the toast of the awards night. He came out of the night as the biggest winner.

This edition also brings to you the Foot and Mouth Disease painful reality as the nation continues to grapple with having very limited supply of beef.

Lesotho Jazz Music artist, Budhaza once sang that he has never seen a feast with no meat (Mokete o senang nama, kere ha ke so o bone). The reality is that this disease has truly affected one of the nation’s staple foods, beef. Lets all do what is necessary to ensure it does not continue to become a thorn in the flesh (beef) of our beloved cattle-rearing nation.

This edition also contains a solemn feature of a nation in grief following the death of its 3rd President, Dr Festus Gontebanye Mogae. The distinguished statesman was widely loved and appreciated for so many things that he was to Botswana and the world.

We see it fit to share with you his story and to help you find closure in this edition. Rra Nametso was laid to rest in Phomolong at the upmarket Phakalane Suburb in the North of the capital city, Gaborone.

In other news, we share with you stories of Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional integration. We share a story of late former South Africa President and global icon, Dr Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela use of an airstrip in Kanye during the apartheid struggle.

We feature also a story about a monument built in Lobatse to remember Dr Mandela. So sit back and enjoy the read as well as many other interesting articles.