Monday, June 23, 2008

Koeksisters

Although I love to use technology to help make my life easier, every once and a while it is nice to roll-up my sleeves and get my hands dirty by doing something the old-fashioned way. A friend of mine is originally from South Africa. I like to help her make original South African food. Today we cooked koeksisters. They are a traditional doughnut-type desert that is coated in syrup. They are very sweet and sticky.

Instead of using an electric mixer or food processor, we decided to make them the traditional way. We sifted the flour, then added butter and mixed the ingredients by hand. This was a slow, but fun process. We then added water and continued to stir the mixture by hand. Again, it was slow and messy, but also fun and relaxing.

After the dough had risen, we did return to using modern conveniences to deep-fry the koeksisters. She has a gas stove and they fried up very nicely on it. We coated them with syrup and chilled them. Then it was time to reap the rewards of our efforts – they tasted delicious! The syrup left my fingers sticky, but what’s life without a little mess.

If anyone wants the recipe for this awesome treat, let me know.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I tried one of the koeksisters, and it was delicious.

Anonymous said...

I tried one of the koeksisters, and it was delicious.

Anonymous said...

Ohhh sounds yummzy!~

Anonymous said...

I too had a bit of this sugar sweet sticky goodness. Deeelish! I kept calling them "twisted sisters" as they are braided...

Anonymous said...

OMG, I love them. I want more of them.