Chef Warrick Taylor trained in the Drakensberg at Alpine Heath Resort and Conference Centre and completed a three year City and Guilds course.He then moved down to the Mount Nelson in Cape Town to work under Garth Stroebel in the Cape Colony restaurant as Junior Chef de Partie.Later moving to Johannesburg to work as a Sous chef at the Michelangelo Hotel. Chef spent 6 years in Jersey, working at the Pomme d Or Hotel I StHelier and the Relaix and Chateaux, Longueville Manor, before returning to the Arabella Western Cape Hotel and Spa as Sous chef, later promoted to Executive Chef. Now at Creation wines.
Chef Warrick shares two of his recipes with us! Enjoy!
Chef Warrick Taylor - Creation Wines

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Ingredients |
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4 |
duck legs |
500ml |
duck fat |
1 |
fresh buchu stems |
1 clove |
garlic |
1 stem |
rosemary |
2 |
eggs |
as needed |
sunflower oil |
25ml |
white wine vinegar |
1 teaspoon |
mild curry spice |
1 bottle |
Creation Syrah Grenache |
500ml |
sugar |
as needed |
salt and pepper |
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Ingredients |
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pork belly, skin and rib bone removed |
1 |
onions |
3 |
carrots |
1 |
leeks |
2 stems |
celery |
5 cloves |
garlic |
3lt |
beef stock |
100gr |
Chinese five spice |
1 bunch |
spring onions |
200gr |
prunes |
3 tea bags |
Darjeeling tea |
2 |
eggs |
1 pkt |
wonton pastry |
as needed |
salt |
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Method |
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Pulled pork |
1. Liberally marinate the pork with salt and five spice |
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2. Place the pork belly into a large oven proof dish with the |
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carrots, leeks, onion, celery, garlic and beef stock |
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3. Cover with tinfoil and cook at 145 degrees for 3 hours,or until soft |
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4. Remove foil and cook for a further 30 min |
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5. Take out of the over and allow to cool |
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6. Once cool strip the meat up into small pieces |
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7. Mix in the chopped spring onions |
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8. Reseason with five spice and salt |
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9. Roll the mixture into small balls and chill ready for wrapping |
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in the wonton pastry |
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Prune puree |
1. In a saucepan place the prunes and teabags |
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2. Fill the saucepan with water to cover |
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3. Bring up to a simmer on low heat and cook until prunes are soft |
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4. Top up the water if neccesary |
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5. Romve from heat, remove teabags and puree in a blender |
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6. Pass through a chinois |
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Wontons |
1. Place a sheet of wonton pastry on the table and brush |
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with egg wash |
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2. Place the rolled pork in the middle |
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3. Fold as you would a tortelini, trying to ensure that you do |
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not trap any air inside |
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Five Spice Pulled Pork Wonton with a Prune & Daarjeling Puree
To assemble |
1. Fry the wonton in hot oil and drain on paper towel |
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2. Top with the prune and Darjeeling puree |
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Duck confit |
1. Season the duck legs and leave over night |
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2. Place in a tray and cover with duck fat |
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3. Add garlic, rosemary and buchu |
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4. Place in the oven at 130 dgrees for 3 hours |
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5. Allow to cool slightly and then remove the skin and bones and discard |
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6. Shred the duck roughly, season and roll in cling film into a cylinder shape |
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7. Refridgerate |
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Malay aioli |
1. Whisk the eggs |
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2. Add in the vinegar |
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3. Whisk in the oil |
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4. Season with curry spice and salt |
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Syrah Grenache Syrup |
1. In a small sauce pan, reduce the wine with the buchu stem |
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and sugar |
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2. Just before desired consisitency is reached, remove from |
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heat and cool |
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Poppadum |
1. Cut poppadumsinot a triangle shape |
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2. Place in between two laddle and fry in hot oil |
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3. Drain on paper toweling and season. |
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To assemble |
1. Place a salad pea shoot leaf on the poppadum |
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2. Slice the duck and place ontop of the leaf |
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3. Place a teaspoon of the Malay aoili on top of the duck |
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4. Place a small amount of the syrup in the center of the Malay |
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aioli .
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Pair with Creation Syrah
Pair with Creation Syrah Grenache
Confit leg of duck, Malay aoili, Syrah Grenache syrup, poppadum
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