Boerewors (South African Sausage)
Traditionally eaten at braais or barbecues, boerewors (Afrikaans: farmer's sausage) are thick, hearty and flavoursome Afrikaner sausages, often eaten with a corn porridge called pap.
Total
02:00
Yield
6 lb
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp coriander seed
- 2 lb beef, cubed
- 2 lb mutton, cubed
- 2 lb veal, cubed
- ¼ lb spek, cubed
- 1½ tbsp salt
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- ½ tsp grated nutmeg
- ½ tsp ground allspice
- ½ cup brown vinegar
- 1½ brandy (optional) (optional)
- 2¼-inch wide sausage casings
- Total:
- 02:00
- Yield:
- 6 lb
Instructions
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1Place seeds into a dry frying pan.
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2Put the pan over low heat and allow coriander to burn slightly.
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3Break seeds apart with a fork, or use a coffee/spice grinder to finely grind them.
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4Cut all meat and spek into cubes.
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5Mix spek and meat together thoroughly, and then coarsely mince or grind it.
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6Mix in all dry spices, vinegar, and brandy with a large, two-pronged fork.
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7Place meat mixture in fridge, and let rest for 2 hours to blend the flavours together.
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8While the meat is resting, soak the sausage casings in water for the same 2 hours.
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9Fit casings over sausage maker, and fill with the meat/spice mixture. Be very careful not to over- or understuff the boerewors, as doing so will ruin them. Fill in long continuous lengths; don't make links.
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10Cook sausages on a barbecue, but do not prick to allow juices to escape as much of the flavour will escape with them. Cook until still pink and juicy inside
- Cuisine
- African
Recipe Attribution
Wikibooks Cookbook
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Printed on October 30, 2026