Dessert

Koeksisters

Name: Koeksisters
Total time: 3h
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: South Africa
Ingredients: 500g flour; 2 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 2 tbsp butter; 250 ml milk; 1 egg; 4 cups sugar; 500 ml water; 1 lemon; 1 thumb ginger; Oil for deep-frying

Plaited fried dough plunged into ice-cold ginger-lemon syrup — crackling outside, syrup-soaked inside.

3h 12 servings Medium

Ingredients

• 500g flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp butter
• 250 ml milk
• 1 egg
• 4 cups sugar
• 500 ml water
• 1 lemon
• 1 thumb ginger
• Oil for deep-frying

Method

Step 1 of 520%

Boil sugar, water, lemon and ginger 10 min; chill hard in the fridge.

Swipe left/right to change step

1
Boil sugar, water, lemon and ginger 10 min; chill hard in the fridge.
2
Rub butter into flour, salt and baking powder; bind with milk and egg. Rest 3 h.
3
Roll 5 mm thick; cut strips and plait into small braids.
4
Fry in 190°C oil 2 min until deep gold.
5
Plunge hot straight into ice-cold syrup 30 sec; drain on a rack.