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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

Instructions

  1. 1
    Place seeds into a dry frying pan.
  2. 2
    Put the pan over low heat and allow coriander to burn slightly.
  3. 3
    Break seeds apart with a fork, or use a coffee/spice grinder to finely grind them.
  4. 4
    Cut all meat and spek into cubes.
  5. 5
    Mix spek and meat together thoroughly, and then coarsely mince or grind it.
  6. 6
    Mix in all dry spices, vinegar, and brandy with a large, two-pronged fork.
  7. 7
    Place meat mixture in fridge, and let rest for 2 hours to blend the flavours together.
  8. 8
    While the meat is resting, soak the sausage casings in water for the same 2 hours.
  9. 9
    Fit 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.
  10. 10
    Cook 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