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RICH BRIOCHE DOUGH<\/span><\/em><\/span> RICH BRIOCHE DOUGH COURTESY :NAADIRAH ABDOOL PASTRY CHEF YOU WILL NEED: Sunflower oil for frying.. 500g strong white bread flour and 50g extra for dusting 6og castor sugar 10g salt 10g dry yeast 4 eggs Zest of 1 lemon 150 grams water 125g unsalted butter 2g vanilla essence 4 g ground cinnamon For the syrup( […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cakes-and-biscuits"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/koeksister-sa.png?fit=400%2C200&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc0QIf-6EK","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 14:10:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCOURTESY :NAADIRAH ABDOOL<\/span><\/em><\/span>
\nPASTRY CHEF<\/span><\/em><\/span>
\nYOU WILL NEED:
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\n Sunflower oil for frying..<\/span>
\n500g strong white bread flour and 50g extra for dusting<\/span>
\n6og castor sugar<\/span>
\n10g salt<\/span>
\n10g dry yeast<\/span>
\n4 eggs<\/span>
\nZest of 1 lemon<\/span>
\n150 grams water<\/span>
\n125g unsalted butter<\/span>
\n2g vanilla essence<\/span>
\n4 g ground cinnamon
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\nFor the syrup( 30g sugar and 150 g water, 3large cinnamon sticks.\u00a0<\/span>Place all the ingredients for the dough apart from the butter in the bowl of an electric mixer.\u00a0<\/span>Using the beater attachment, mix on medium speed for 6 to 8 minutes, or until the dough starts to come away from the sides and form a ball. Then turn off the mixer and let the dough rest for 1 minute.
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\nStart the mixer up again on a medium speed and slowly add the butter about 25 g at a time.\u00a0<\/span>Once the butter is incorporated, mix on high speed for a couple of minutes until the dough is glossy, smooth and elastic, when pulled, then cover the bowl with a cling wrap and leave to rise until its double in size. Knockback the dough, recover and put into the fridge to chill overnight.
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\nNEXT DAY<\/span><\/strong>
\nShape dough into 50 g balls, roll into long logs until you are able to fold in half and plaite. Dust your tray with flour and leave to rise until double its size. Keep covered while raising with a light plastic sheet, making sure the top of the koeksisters are floured as well, so the plastic doesn\u2019t stick.\u00a0<\/span>Heat oil and fry koeksisters on medium heat.\u00a0<\/span>Make syrup and syrup koeksister as u need.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"