Koeksisters
Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
Preparation Time: 1 hr
Cook Time: 10 mins
Ingredients
- 375 ml water
- 800 g sugar
- 2 ml cream of tartar
- 2 ml ground ginger
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 500 g cake flour
- 30 ml baking powder
- 2 ml salt
- 50 ml butter
- 2 eggs
- 250 ml milk
- oil (for deep frying)
Recipe
- 1 first make syrup. heat water in saucepan, add sugar and stir until dissolved.
- 2 add cream of tartar, ginger and cinamon.
- 3 boil uncovered for 5 minutes. do not stir.
- 4 remove from stove and chill.
- 5 while syrup is chilling, make the koeksisters.
- 6 sift flour, baking powder and salt together.
- 7 add butter and rub it in with fingertips until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
- 8 beat eggs and milk together and add to dry ingredients.
- 9 mix dough well then knead lightly for 2 minutes to make it pliable.
- 10 cover basin with wax paper and leave for 1 hour.
- 11 roll out dough to 1cm thick.
- 12 cut strips (rectangles) 8cm x 4 cm, then make 2 vertical cuts in each strip, starting 5mm from the top and cutting down right to the bottom.
- 13 plait strips loosely and secure at loose end.
- 14 heat oil to 190c and deep-fry koeksisters for 1 minute. not too many at once.
- 15 remove from oil and drain on paper towel for 1 minute and then dip in syrup for until soaked (1 minute).
- 16 remove from syrup and place on dish to dry.
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