Koesisters
Post Date : 2024-09-09
Description:
Ingredients:
700 g cake flour
2 Tbsp (30 ml) ground cinnamon
1 Tbsp (15 ml) ground ginger
2 tsp (10 ml) ground aniseed
1/4 cup (60 ml) castor sugar
pinch of salt
10 g active dry instant yeast
zest of 1 orange or 2 naartjies
100 g butter
200 ml milk
1 large egg beaten
1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla essence
+- 250 ml lukewarm water
Vegetable oil for deep frying
Syrup:
2 cups (500 ml) white sugar
4 cups (1 L) water
To Sprinkle:
+- 2 cups desiccated coconut
2 Tbsp (30 ml) ground cinnamon
1 Tbsp (15 ml) ground ginger
2 tsp (10 ml) ground aniseed
1/4 cup (60 ml) castor sugar
pinch of salt
10 g active dry instant yeast
zest of 1 orange or 2 naartjies
100 g butter
200 ml milk
1 large egg beaten
1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla essence
+- 250 ml lukewarm water
Vegetable oil for deep frying
Syrup:
2 cups (500 ml) white sugar
4 cups (1 L) water
To Sprinkle:
+- 2 cups desiccated coconut
Instructions:
For the dough:Mix all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Stir in the zest. Heat the butter and milk together until melted and lukewarm. Remove from the heat and whisk in the egg and vanilla. Add to dry ingredients and start mixing, add the lukewarm water and continue mixing until a soft dough forms. Knead for no more than 2 minutes to shape into a ball. Cover and allow to proof until double in size (1 hour is good).
Divide dough into roughly +- 40 pieces and shape into round oval balls. Think rugby balls.
In batches, deep or shallow fry the oval balls in moderately hot oil (turning occasionally) until they are evenly golden brown (more brown than golden). Set aside to cool completely.
For the syrup, slowly heat the sugar and water together until sugar dissolves. Turn the heat up and simmer until the liquid is reduced to about half (a light syrup).
While the light syrup is simmering, add a few cooled koeksisters and simmer for about 2 minutes. Turning them occasionally. Remove and set aside in a large baking tray. Continue with the rest of the koeksisters.
Pour the remaining, even more, reduced syrup over all of the koeksisters in the baking tray. Allow them to soak up the remaining syrup (30 minutes).
Lastly, sprinkle as generously as you like with coconut.
Enjoy immediately, share with your neighbours and store the remaining (if any) in an airtight container.