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Braai with Boerewors

Name: Braai with Boerewors
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: South Africa
Ingredients: 800g (coarsely ground) Mixed ground meat; 200g Pork belly; 1 tbsp Ground Coriander; a little (powdered or crushed) Clove; 1/2 tsp Nutmeg; 1 tsp Black Pepper; 2 tbsp Wine Vinegar; 2 tsp Salt; 2 Onion; 3 Tomato; To taste Bread

Main Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

A thick coriander-scented sausage coiled and grilled over coals — the star of South Africa's barbecue culture.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Braai is South African barbecue, a culture loved by the whole nation across races and regions. September 24, Heritage Day, is also called 'National Braai Day.' Boerewors means 'farmer's sausage': coarse meat flavored with coriander, cloves, and nutmeg is stuffed into one long casing and grilled in a coil.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At dusk on the weekend, friends gather with beers around a backyard grill as a big coiled sausage sizzles on the grate.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Mixed ground meat 800g (coarsely ground)
Pork belly 200g
Ground Coriander 1 tbsp
Clove a little (powdered or crushed)
Nutmeg 1/2 tsp
Black Pepper 1 tsp
Wine Vinegar 2 tbsp
Salt 2 tsp
Onion 2
Tomato 3
Bread To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Finely chop the pork belly and combine with the ground meat.
Add the coriander, cloves, nutmeg, pepper, salt, and wine vinegar and mix well (don't overwork).
Rest in the fridge 2 hours, then shape into a long rope about 3cm thick and coil it.
Grill over charcoal or under a fish grill on medium for 15–20 minutes, turning carefully with tongs so it doesn't break.
Sauté the onion and tomato to make a chakalaka-style sauce.
Serve with bread and the sauce.

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