I’m super excited finally made my Schweppes Soda water Koeksisters.
Extra lighted texture and yummy.
Ingredients and Method:
Mix together
3 cups Self Raising flour
3 cups cake flour
1 tsp fine ginger
half teaspoon fine salt
3 tsps heaped aniseed
1 tsp fine cinnamon
1 tsp naartjie peel
1 pkt instant yeast 10g
Boil together
3 potatoes
one and half cup Schweppes Soda water and pinch salt.
Take care that you’ve one cup soda water liquid when potatoes is soft and done.
ADD
2 tablespoon Butter
2 jumbo eggs or 3 xlarge eggs
1 cup sugar
whisks with hand beater and add 200ml milk
Add above to dry ingredients and form a soft dough and take oil in palm of hand and mix well
Method
Boil potatoes and mash smooth while still hot. (Use the potato water as well beat with handbeater the sugar, butter & eggs
Lightly oil top of dough and cover with plastic wrap or lid of bowl.
Place in a warm place to double in size for one hour.
On a lightly flour surface, roll dough into two sausages.
Cut into equal size portions and shape like a koeksister.
Leave on floured surface to double in size for about 10 minutes, lifting koeksister gently with palette knife
Fry in moderately heated oil until golden brown on both sides.
Take care that the oil is moderately hot in order for koeksister not to absorb oil.
Drain on absorbent paper and allow to cool.
Dip koeksister in sugar syrup over low heat.
Roll in coconut.
NB: Koeksister can be frozen for up to 3 months before syruping. Thaw at room temperature and sugar as normal.
Making syrup
2 cups sugar
1 cup water
Allow to simmer over low heat until syrupy.
Variation:
Add two pieces stick cinnamon and two cardamom pods while boiling syrup.
Add citric acid OR small piece of butter to prevent sugar from crystallizing
Prepared, tried and tested by: Feriel Sonday
Enjoy ♡♡♡
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Thank you for this interesting Recipe.
My Question is the following.
When do you add the Soda Water to the mixture as the instructions are not explicit.
Your Response would be appreciated as I would like to make these over the weekend.
Thank you kindly.
Thanks for asking and wanting to make this Estelle. Have asked Feriel in The Recipe Hunter Facebook group for help and hope that she will respond soon.
Are you a member as yet. Please come and join us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/therecipehunter/ and share your own recipes with us. I would love to see you there.
Response from Feriel
Esme Slabs you add it together with your liquid to bind the dough together