Koeksister

Koeksister
Type	Pastry
Course	Dessert
Place of origin	South Africa
Region or state	South Africa
Main ingredients	Dough, sugar syrup
	Cookbook: Koeksister; Media: Koeksister;

A koeksister (/ˈkʊksɪstər/; Afrikaans: [ˈkukˌsəs.tər] ^ⓘ)^[1] is a traditional Afrikaner confectionery made of fried dough infused in syrup or honey. There is also a Cape Malay version of the dish,^[2] which is a fried ball of dough that is rolled in desiccated coconut called a koesister.^[3] The name derives from the Dutch word "koek", which generally means a wheat flour confectionery.

Koeksisters are prepared by frying plaited dough strips in oil, then submersing the hot fried dough into ice cold sugar syrup. Koeksisters have a golden crunchy crust and liquid syrup centre, are very sticky and sweet, and taste like honey.^[4]

A monument of a koeksister in the Afrikaner community of Orania alludes to the Afrikaner tradition of baking them to raise funds for the building of churches and schools.^[5]

A shop specialising in the production and sale of koeksisters in Cape Town.
Koeksister Monument in Orania

References

^ Sunset. Passenger Department, Southern Pacific Company. 1963.
^ "Koeksisters the traditional Afrikaner Recipe - South African Magazine - SA PROMO". 28 January 2015.
^ Sunset. Passenger Department, Southern Pacific Company. 1963.
^ Laurens van der Post (1970) African Cooking, Time-Life Books, New York
^ Wybenga, Wim (1 May 2008). "Koeksister het sy eie monument op Orania". Volksblad. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2012.