On Sunday morning I saw this recipe from Cape Malay Cooking:
TWISTED KOEKSISTERSThe Afrikaner version is much more syrupy and crisp while the Cape Malay version’s texture is more like that of a cake, spicier, and usually covered in dried coconut.
Ingredients – dough:2 cups cake flour2 tablespoon baking powder¼ teaspoon salt1 large egg4 tablespoons butter/margarine150ml of water/milk mixtureOil for deep fryingIngredients – syrup:500g sugar2 cinnamon sticks1 teaspoon ground ginger1½ cups of waterjuice of one lemon
Method – syrup:Prepare the syrup a day before (it needs to be very cold).Dissolve sugar in the water.Add the spices and lemon juice to this and boil together until thick about 25-30minutes.Leave the syrup in the fridge overnight.
Method – dough:Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together.Rub in the butter to resemble fine bread crumbs. Add the milk mixture in the flour and egg mixture and try to form dough.Make sure to add a little bit of water if the dough appears too dry or you can also add more flour if it is too sticky.Work the dough well.
If the dough appears to be lumpy and sticky, continue to work the dough until it will ball up.Let the dough rest at room temperature for about two to three hours in an airtight container
To prepare the koeksisters: Roll out the dough (thickness 5mm). Cut the dough into strips of 6cm long, 2cm wide. Cut each of these strips into three strips (not all the way through, leave the strips connected at the top). Plate each strip, pinch together at the end of the strip.
Deep fry until golden brown.
Remove and drain quickly – dip the hot koeksisters in the cold syrup (that was stored in the fridge up to now).The secret is to keep the syrup cold and the koeksisters hot, this way it will draw just the right amount of syrup.You can keep the syrup cold by placing the syrup bowl in another container filled with iced water or ice cubes.
Serves 4-6
So I decided to try it out. I had to make a couple of adjustments because I didn’t like the full taste of the syrup.
So instead of the juice of an entire lemon in the sugar syrup, I would only add the juice of half a lemon next time.
And when making the dough, the water/milk mixture, I mixed 60ml water, 90 ml milk and the egg altogether and beat that before adding to the flour mixture slowly until the dough was formed.
I heated the oil on medium heat and fried til golden brown.
Funnily enough, these are NOT best eaten fresh, let them sit and soak and cool down before digging in. Prepare for some finger licking!
This recipe is mouthwateringly delicious!
Enjoy
Fehmz
Tried this. Came out amazing. Waiting for the sticky cinnamon buns recipe you promised.
Ooooh I better post that recipe ASAP. Thanx for the reminder!