cas
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this is a recipe for koeksisters, this is very similar to a doughnut..... but not
its strips of dough plaited together, then deep fried until golden brown, then dipped in ice cold syrup then cooled. its sooo yummy... but soooo bad for you.
I hope you guys try it cos I like to spread south african cooking around.
[FONT="]Koeksisters[/FONT]
[FONT="]The secret of the crisp syrupy outside of koeksisters is that they are taken straight from hot oil and dipped into ice-cold syrup. This seals the syrup outside and leaves the inside dryish in contrast.
375ml water
800g sugar
2ml (1/2t) cream of tartar
2ml (1/2t) ground ginger
3 cinnamon sticks
500g cake flour
30ml (6t) baking powder
2ml (1/2t) salt
50ml (4T0 butter or margarine
2 eggs
250ml milk
oil for deep frying
To make syrup, heat water in a saucepan, add sugar and stir until dissolved. Add cream of tartar, ginger and cinnamon.
Boil, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Do not stir, remove from stove and chill. the COLDER THE BETTER!
While syrup is chilling, make koeksisters. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together.
Add butter and rub in with fingertips until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
Beat eggs and milk together and add to dry ingredients. Mix dough well, then knead lightly for 2 minutes to make it pliable.
Cover basin with wax paper and leave for 1 hour.
Roll dough to a thickness of 7.5 to 10mm. Cut into strips about 8 cm long and 2.5 cm wide. Cut each strip into three lengthwise, leaving one side uncut. Now plait the three pieces and press ends together firmly.
Heat oil to 190ºC and deepfry koeksisters for 1 minute. (Do not fry too many at once)
The syrup will warm up about halfway through, so divide the syrup into two bowls.
Remove from oil, drain on brown paper for 1 minute and dip in cold syrup for 30 seconds. Remove from syrup and place on a rack to dry.
Yummy[/FONT]
Flour - 1 cup = 100 grams 1 tablespoon = 8 grams Sugar
Sugar - 1 cup = 200 grams 1 tablespoon = 15 grams
what your idealy looking for is a soft sweet inside and crispy outside... the best way to achieve this is to fry them at a quite low temperature so that all the dough is cooked through, otherwise it will be dry inside.
Don't cut the dough too thin otherwise it will become cavernous on the inside and just be filled with syrup and taste horrible.
plz everyone give it a try .
its strips of dough plaited together, then deep fried until golden brown, then dipped in ice cold syrup then cooled. its sooo yummy... but soooo bad for you.
I hope you guys try it cos I like to spread south african cooking around.
[FONT="]Koeksisters[/FONT]
[FONT="]The secret of the crisp syrupy outside of koeksisters is that they are taken straight from hot oil and dipped into ice-cold syrup. This seals the syrup outside and leaves the inside dryish in contrast.
375ml water
800g sugar
2ml (1/2t) cream of tartar
2ml (1/2t) ground ginger
3 cinnamon sticks
500g cake flour
30ml (6t) baking powder
2ml (1/2t) salt
50ml (4T0 butter or margarine
2 eggs
250ml milk
oil for deep frying
To make syrup, heat water in a saucepan, add sugar and stir until dissolved. Add cream of tartar, ginger and cinnamon.
Boil, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Do not stir, remove from stove and chill. the COLDER THE BETTER!
While syrup is chilling, make koeksisters. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together.
Add butter and rub in with fingertips until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
Beat eggs and milk together and add to dry ingredients. Mix dough well, then knead lightly for 2 minutes to make it pliable.
Cover basin with wax paper and leave for 1 hour.
Roll dough to a thickness of 7.5 to 10mm. Cut into strips about 8 cm long and 2.5 cm wide. Cut each strip into three lengthwise, leaving one side uncut. Now plait the three pieces and press ends together firmly.
Heat oil to 190ºC and deepfry koeksisters for 1 minute. (Do not fry too many at once)
The syrup will warm up about halfway through, so divide the syrup into two bowls.
Remove from oil, drain on brown paper for 1 minute and dip in cold syrup for 30 seconds. Remove from syrup and place on a rack to dry.
Yummy[/FONT]
Flour - 1 cup = 100 grams 1 tablespoon = 8 grams Sugar
Sugar - 1 cup = 200 grams 1 tablespoon = 15 grams
what your idealy looking for is a soft sweet inside and crispy outside... the best way to achieve this is to fry them at a quite low temperature so that all the dough is cooked through, otherwise it will be dry inside.
Don't cut the dough too thin otherwise it will become cavernous on the inside and just be filled with syrup and taste horrible.
plz everyone give it a try .
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