Recipe: Beer Bread

Another perfect addition to the typical South African braai (BBQ) would be Beer Bread. 

Beer Bread

Beer Bread

Ingredients:

750 ml flour
5 ml salt
15ml Baking Powder
2 ml Bicarbonate of Soda
30 ml brown sugar
340 ml bottle of beer (your favourite beer)

Method:

Preheat oven to 160 degrees Celsius.
Mix dry ingredients
Pour in the beer
Mix to form a stiff dough – Do not over mix!
Put the dough into a well greased loaf tin.
Bake for 60 minutes

 Try it out and let me know how it tastes :) 

Picture source: http://travelblog.portfoliocollection.com/FeaturedImage/beer-bread31.jpg

Recipe source: http://www.south-african-homeschool-curriculum.com/south-african-bread-recipes.html

Recipe: South African Queen drink

I think the name says it all....

South African Queen Recipe

Ingredients:

250ml Coconut Cream

2 litre Ice cream (preferably vanilla)

1 litre Pineapple Juice

500ml Malibu Rum

  

 Directions:

1. Blend vanilla ice-cream and pineapple juice. 

2. Add coconut cream and Malibu Rum, blend well, then poor into tall glasses. 

3. Serve with a sprig of mint.

 

Let me know how it goes!!!

Source: http://www.idrink.com/v.html?id=38390

Recipe: Boerewors - Traditional

One of the most popular ways to enjoy your weekend is to have a braai. A braai is not the same without your family, beer and boerewors. For all those South Africans who are currently living over-seas... This one is for you:

Tip: You can change the favour by experimenting with different spices and sauces. Have fun

Boerewors Ingredients

· 3 lb beef
· 3 lb pork
· 1 lb bacon
· ½ cup red wine vinegar
· 1 clove garlic
· 4 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
· 3 to 3 ½ oz sausage casing
· 2 tbsp salt
· 1 tsp ground pepper
· 2 tbsp ground coriander
· ½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg
· ½ tsp ground dried thyme
· ½ tsp ground allspice
· ¼ tsp ground cloves

Making the Boerewors

• Dice the bacon into pieces not larger than 1 inch
• Cut the beef and pork meat into 1 to 1 ½ inch cubes. Mix it well with all the other ingredients except the sausage casing.
• Grind the meat using a medium-coarse grinding plate.
• Fill the sausage casings firmly, but not too tightly with the meat mixture.
• Refrigerate for 24 hours before using. Boerewors can be kept for a week or for 3 months if frozen
• Makes 6 to 7 lbs

Recipe source: http://africhef.com/Boerewors-Recipe.html

Picture source: http://www.south-africa-tours-and-travel.com/images/boerewors-on-charcoal-southafricanbarbecue.jpg

Picture source: http://braai.com/braai-information/how-to-braai-boerewors/