NOTHING beats the rich, mouth-watering aroma of chocolate and its smooth, velvety texture as it melts in your mouth, mingling with creamy interiors, setting alight your tastebuds.
Sanja Hanekom, founder of Noir Chocolates SA (South Africa) in Kloof, produces high quality chocolates made using finest ingredients and that are also gluten free.
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Her company manufactures handmade Belgian style pralines/chocolates, truffles and turn-down hospitality chocolates.
“I was born in Pula, Croati, a 4 000-plus years old town on the Beautiful Adriatic coastline were I studied art, history and language and trained as a classical soprano. Then I studied for a veterinarian in Zagreb, Croatia and my dream was to live in South Africa which came true. In South Africa I completed a BCom Degree in tourism, management and real estate,” said Sanja.
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“I love the beauty of chocolate. Since I am rather “arty” and enjoy all things creative I realised that I can express myself with chocolate and at the same time make people happy.
“We live in a very stressful period of history (most of it self-inflicted in my opinion). I wanted to create something that is so simple that people can enjoy it when they need to relax and unwind, so I came up with a range of beautiful and amazingly delicious handmade chocolates.”
Sanja lives in Kloof and is the proud mother of a very talented seven-year-old little girl.”I am married to a wonderful South African man (veterinarian at Hillcrest veterinary hospital). I have lived in South Africa for about 25 years and LOVE my adoptive country.
After sampling and experiencing the pure bliss of her chocolates, we asked her to provide a recipe using chocolate for this month’s Upper Highway Mail.
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