Okay, okay, so it's not the most South African meal ever... but it is very close!
Ask any Souf Effriken what is one of the most common braai (barbecue) meats, and they will say a lekker piece of Boerewors. Boerewors, directly translated, means farmer's sausage. It is normally a thick, juicy beef sausage, braaied or grilled on the braai. When paired with a deliciously sweet mealie or cob of corn, you have a gorgeously smoky dinner.
It's super easy to prepare, and my recipe below is for on the stovetop, but if you can, grill both corn and sausage on an open fire, and enjoy the smokiness!
INGREDIENTS
serves four
- 4 or 5 Cloves of Garlic
- 2 Large Onions, Halved and Sliced
- 1 t Cumin
- 1 T Chili Flakes
- Lekker piece of Thick Boerewors, or closest beef sausage you can find
- 6 Hotdog Rolls
- 6 Cob of Corn
- Small Bunch of Rocket/Arugula for Garnish
- T English Mustard
METHOD
Heat your pan to a low to medium heat, and melt a bit of butter. Add your onion, cumin and garlic, and fry softly and slowly until caramelised. This should take about twenty minutes. Don't forget to add quite a bit of salt, as this helps soften the onions. Once lovely and brown, set aside in a warm oven to keep warm.
Fry your sausage on quite a high heat, turning constantly until cooked through and crisped nicely.
If needed, add a bit of olive oil and turn your pan up high as possible. Fry the corn until blackened, turning often, about five to ten minutes. Once sufficiently blackened, add half a cup of water and close the pan's lid. Steam your corn for a few minutes until crisp and cooked well.
Spread your roll with a bit of mustard, pop your sausage in, and top with caramelised onions and rocket. Add a dollop of butter to your corn, and garnish with a few chili flakes. Sriracha goes exceptionally well with dish.
Enjoy!
I can't wait to hear your thoughts, and please do let me know if you try this recipe!
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Dit lyk heerlik hierdie, sal my self sommer ronde pens eet aan die lekker kos.
And now for the English people, this meal looks awesome and I will eat till I can't anymore.
Ah you can't translate that properly! Some things are just not as kiff as they are in Afrikaans!
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Great Post! Team South Africa here :)
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Looks so good makes me want to fire up the bbq
Yessss!! Dooo eeet!
I may well tomorrow weather permitting ;)
Wow talk about a really great meal!!!
As a Dutchie, I love finding out about Afrikaanse words. It needs a little thought, but in the end I think I can sorta understand it!
The meal looks quite heavy, but I am always in for lekker stuff :D
Yeah, it's the same for us with Dutch!
Noo, it's not heavy at all, i would only have one roll with half a corn normally, the corn is so light and sweet and crunchy!
Aah okayokay! Makes sense hehe.
Gosh I should just go to South Africa and try to listen!
Jaaaaa, Boerewors!! The best sausage ever created by man :):) A braai without boerewors is just Wrong :)
So wrong! Like I can't even!
Ahhhmmm... that wasn't the plan but reading the comment... lol, sorry, I just have to laugh. Hmmm, I can't even think of how to make it right.
Oh yum! Great job on this one - and that corn on the side- perfect din din!!
Thanks! I saw Gordon Ramsay do his corn like that once, and I have never done it differently since then
That looks so yummy :)
Wow this must be so delicious, in belgium sausage is most of the time only pig meat, with cow meat is very rare to find where I live:)
Ohhhh, we have all types of sausage here! So many kinds. There is even a yearly boerewors competition in one of the supermarkets here
That is so cool :) I have always loved this kind of food. It is a typical belgium thing to eat boerenworst with mashed potato and cooked vegetables like red cabbage for example, that was one of my favorite meals when I was a kid :)