Recipe

Koeksisters Recipe

	Tinadc / All my dishes 1 year, 10 months ago It is a very sweet plated dough cakes and extremely popular in South Africa. We have various versions of this recipe this is the 'Afrikaans' version, then you get the 'Coloured' version and so on and so forth. The one you plait the other you don't ... More Prep:180m Cook:60m Servings:18	Tinadc
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Ingredients

SYRUP

1kg Sugar

500ml Water

2 Pieces of fresh green ginger (5cm each), peeled and crushed

2ml Cream of tartar

Pinch of salt

Grated rind and juice of 1/2 lemon

DOUGH

600g Flour

2ml Slt

30ml Baking powder

55g Btter, grated (no substitute)

1 Egg

250-375ml Milk or water

Directions

SUYRUP

Put all the ingredients in a saucepan.

Heat (stirring) until the sagar has completely dissolved.

Cover the mixture and boil for 1 minute.

Remove the saucepan lid and boil the syrup for a further 5 minutes, but do not stir it.

Remove the syrup from the stove and allow it to cool for at least 2 hours in a refrigerator, or overnight

DOUGH

Sieve together the dry ingredients and rub in the grated butter with your fingertips, or cut it in with a pastry cutter.

Beat the egg, add 250ml of the milk or water adn mix lightly with the dry ingredients to a soft dough.

Add more milk or water if the dough is too stiff.

Knead well until small bubbles form under the surface of the dough.

Cover with a damp cloth and allow to stand for 30 minutes - 1 hour.

Roll out the dough to a thickness of 1cm, then form koeksisters in either of the following ways:

Cut strips 1sm wide and twist 2 strips together, or plait 3 strips together, cutting the twisted, or plaited lengths at 8cm intervals and pinching the ends together.

Alternatively, cut the dough into 8cmx4cm pieces.

Cut 2 vertical slits in each piece, reaching to 1cm from the end.

Plait the 3 strips that have been formed and pinch together the loose ends.

Heat 7-8cm deep oil to 180-190 deg C - a cube of bread should turn golden-brown in a minute.

Fry the koeksisters for 1-2 minutes, or until golden-brown, then turn them over with a fork and fry until golden-brown on the other side.

Remove the koeksisters with a lifter or slotted spoon, drain them for a moment on paper town and then plunge them into thecold syrup for 1-2 minutes.

Stand the container of syrup in a bowel of ice so that the syrup will stay cold.

Remove the koeksisters from the syrup with a lifter of slotted spoon, allowing the excess syrup to flow back into the basin, then drain them slightly on a wire rack.

ENJOY!!!

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Comments

coffeebean53 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Sounds wonderful. Thanks for sharing a great post :)

noir 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Thank you for the recipe! :)

mumtazcatering 1 year, 10 months ago said:
OOPS my message just vanished , must be a "blonde" momentl.o.l:) any ways thanks for sharing a wonderful post."KEEP THEM ROLLING" TINA
HAVE AN AWESOME DAY
MUMTAZ

liezel 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Exquisite! Nothing tastes like this. Great recipe

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