Koeksisters – A Sweet and Sticky End
These are delightful, syrup-coated pastries that offer a crunchy exterior and a juicy, sweet interior. A super way to end your spicy Valentine's Day meal. The key to their unique taste is preparing the syrup with cinnamon, ginger, and lemon – ingredients that infuse a subtle spiciness, balancing the sweetness beautifully.
Servings 8
Ingredients
- 2 cups Cake Flour
- 0.5 tsp Salt
- 2 tbsp Baking Powder
- 1 Egg
- 0.5 cups Water
- Oil for frying
- 1 kg Sugar
- 1.5 Cinnamon Sticks
- 0.5 tsp Ground Ginger
- Juice of 1 Lemon
- 1.5 cups Water
Instructions
- To make the syrup, boil together the sugar, cinnamon sticks, ginger, lemon and water.
- To make the dough, sift the flour, baking powder and salt together.
- Rub in the butter.
- Mix with the egg and water, adding a little at a time.
- Work the dough well until it works into a ball.
- Let the dough rest at room temperature for 2-3 hours under an inverted mixing bowl.
- Roll dough about 5 mm thick and cut into strips of 6 cm x 2 cm.
- Leaving a 5 mm gap at the top, slice each strip length-ways into 3 parts and plait.
- Deep fry the plaits, drain them quickly and dip into the syrup whilst hot.