South Africa

Koeksisters

Name: Koeksisters
Prep time: 12 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 14 h
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 2 tsp baking powder; 2 tbsp butter; 2/3 cup milk; a pinch salt; 2 cups for the syrup sugar; 1 cup water; 1 tbsp lemon juice; a few slices ginger; 1 cinnamon stick whole spices; Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for frying (about 5 tbsp absorbed)

Plaited dough fried crisp and plunged into ice cold syrup. Sticky, crunchy, gloriously sweet.

120 minTime

4 gProtein each

mildSpice

12hPlan ahead. Soak for 12 hours first; the 120 minutes come after.

Plaits in syrup2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayPlaited dough, fried, dunked in cold syrup.

The original

368kcalsame

4 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

120minutessame

Classic Afrikaner koeksisters.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2½ cups

Baking powder2 tsp

Butter2 tbsp

Milk⅔ cup

Salta pinch

Sugar2 cups, for the syrup

Water1 cup

Lemon juice1 tbsp

Gingera few slices

Whole spices1 cinnamon stick

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying (about 5 tbsp absorbed)

Method

4 steps

1Make the syrup the day before: boil sugar, water, ginger and cinnamon 5 minutes, add lemon, cool and chill until very cold.
2Rub butter into flour, baking powder and salt. Add milk and knead to a soft dough. Rest 1 hour.
3Roll 1 cm thick, cut strips, cut each into 3 strands joined at the top and plait. Pinch ends.
4Fry in medium hot oil until golden, then plunge straight into the cold syrup for 30 seconds. Lift onto a rack.

Serve it like this

Stack on a plate, glossy and cold, and serve with strong coffee or rooibos tea.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

South Africa

Koeksisters

Plaited dough fried crisp and plunged into ice cold syrup. Sticky, crunchy, gloriously sweet.

120 minTime

4 gProtein each

mildSpice

12hPlan ahead. Soak for 12 hours first; the 120 minutes come after.

Plaits in syrup2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayPlaited dough, fried, dunked in cold syrup.

The original

368kcalsame

4 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

120minutessame

Classic Afrikaner koeksisters.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2½ cups

Baking powder2 tsp

Butter2 tbsp

Milk⅔ cup

Salta pinch

Sugar2 cups, for the syrup

Water1 cup

Lemon juice1 tbsp

Gingera few slices

Whole spices1 cinnamon stick

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying (about 5 tbsp absorbed)

Method

4 steps

1Make the syrup the day before: boil sugar, water, ginger and cinnamon 5 minutes, add lemon, cool and chill until very cold.
2Rub butter into flour, baking powder and salt. Add milk and knead to a soft dough. Rest 1 hour.
3Roll 1 cm thick, cut strips, cut each into 3 strands joined at the top and plait. Pinch ends.
4Fry in medium hot oil until golden, then plunge straight into the cold syrup for 30 seconds. Lift onto a rack.

Serve it like this

Stack on a plate, glossy and cold, and serve with strong coffee or rooibos tea.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Koeksisters

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Koeksisters

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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