Homestead Serendipity

21/10/2025

Off came the carnivore hat today and on went the vegan hat 😂🤩 Here Kim and I are making a 8kg batch of our super tasty and popular vegan burger patty “mince” for .
This vegan mince is made with fresh carrots, onions and mushrooms to which we add black beans, rolled oats, crushed mixed nuts, herbs and spices.
All bound together with flax seed

20/10/2025

Today we made a 15kg batch of our “ fynbos” boerewors. This sausage is packed with flavour from the perfect combination of herbs and spices. All spices are roasted before grinding and include fenugreek, fennel, mace, all spice berries, caraway seed, cumin seed, whole black pepper and fresh Balderjan and buchu. All in a natural casing. A must try for sausage lovers. Dm us

19/10/2025

Today we made beef pastrami. This all began a week ago with the beef brisket marinating in our secret brine.
Today the brisket was rinsed and coating with a mixture of coriander seed, black pepper seed, sugar, paprika, garlic and onion flakes and yellow mustard seeds. Then hot smoked for many hours until perfectly cooked.

18/10/2025

Today Saturday we have a big batch of pork belly coming out of a dry cure, so we are using both our smokers to bring you a hot maple wood smoke on our bacon or dm us direct. bacon

17/10/2025

A new batch of Serendipity Ostrich Pastrami ready for your enjoyment.
These fan fillets have spent 7days in our special brine, then coated with a mixture of crushed juniper berry, coriander seed and black pepper. Then hot smoked too our preferred internal temperature which we monitor with multiple probes inserted in the fillet. Get yours sliced and packed from in or at or dm us direct

17/10/2025

A new batch of gypsy ham having a smoke bath

16/10/2025

Serendipity Koji aged Cheddar and Gouda Cheese.
This clever innovation of ours, blending the East and West, has produced a super tasty cheese that we coat with pure beeswax all this at a reasonable price.
Koji is rich in enzymes - two that are important with our cheese aging is Protease and Lipase. The Protease breaks down proteins into amino acids, and the Lipase breaks down fats into fatty acids, resulting in a super enhanced flavour profile, with a creamy texture. Our current stockists are Jacques Se Bakkery in Barrydale and Made In McGregor in McGregor or you can order directly from us.

15/10/2025

15/10/2025

Due to popular requests we are making Mortadella again. Our Mortadella is 100% pork belly meat studded with pistachio, pork fat cubes and green olives. Mortadella is a staple in Italian cuisine

14/10/2025

A big thank you to In Abundance Guesthouse for making use of our dry cured bacon and gypsy ham in their breakfast menu. Thank you Joseph for once again offering our products to your guests. .co.za

13/10/2025

Beef mince Monday 👊🤩 today we are vacuum bagging 110Kg of Serendipity course ground, wet aged beef. The best tasting mince south of the orange river. This course ground 80/20 mince is perfect for hamburgers or anything mince oriented like a lasagna etc 😋yummy

12/10/2025

Today is german style footlong frankfurter making day. 100% beef and pork no binders, simply salt, white pepper, nutmeg, paprika, mustard seed, coriander, garlic and onion. Go and enjoy this authentic hot dog at Diesel & Creme Barrydale R62