South
African Recipes
Koeksusters
(kinda doughnut) (Submitted by Maatjie Greeff E-Mail
)
The Syrup :
To be made the day before and left in the fridge to cool
down. Boil well 3 cups of Water with 24 grams of Root Ginger. Then remove the Ginger and
add 3 more cups of Water. Bring to boil again. Then add 2.5 kgs (12 cups) of Sugar and
allow to boil for 5 minutes. Put in fridge.
The Pastry :
6 cups of Plain Flour
6 teaspoons of Baking Powder
125 grams of Margarine
2 Eggs
125ml Evaporated Milk
312ml Lukewarm Water
A Pinch of Salt
Mix all the above together and kneed well. Then leave to rest.
The Method :
- Roll the dough flat into an oval/square until it is 5mm
thick. Cut the dough into strips 2.5cm across. Then cut these strips into lengths of 6cm.
(So you are left with a whole bunch of rectangles 2.5cm x 6cm.)
- Then make two cuts along the length of the rectangles so
that you can braid them. What you're aiming at is the same braid in a scout's toggle. (or
similar to a girl's 3-strand braid in her hair.) When you're finished you should have a
whole bunch of braided dough pastries ready to be boiled in oil.....
- cook these in hot oil and dip the whole cooked Koeksuster
immediately into your cool syrup that you've hauled out the fridge.
- Remove from the syrup and allow to cool (on a newspaper)
before eating.
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