Roosterkoek

Name: Roosterkoek
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 4 cups white bread flour; 10g instant dried yeast; 1 tsp sugar; 1.5 tsp salt; About 1.5 cups lukewarm water; 2 tbsp oil; Butter, apricot jam and grated cheese, to serve

Roosterkoek/ROOS-ter-kook/

Also known as: Braai Bread, Grill Bread

About this dish

Bread dough rolls cooked on a grid over braai coals until charred outside and fluffy inside.

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Ingredients

🌾4 cups white bread flour

🍞10g instant dried yeast

🍬1 tsp sugar

🧂1.5 tsp salt

💧About 1.5 cups lukewarm water

🫗2 tbsp oil

🧈Butter, apricot jam and grated cheese, to serve

Method

Serves 3

Mix the flour, yeast, sugar and salt, then add the oil and enough water to make a soft dough. Knead for 10 minutes.

Cover and leave to rise for about 1 hour until doubled.

Knock back, divide into 12 balls, flatten slightly and leave to rise for 15 minutes on a floured tray.

Place on a grid over medium-low coals and cook for 15–20 minutes, turning often, until they sound hollow when tapped.

Break open while hot and fill with butter, jam and cheese.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Roosterkoek ('grill cake') is part of a classic South African braai, split open and eaten hot with butter, jam and cheese.

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