This week in our Tasty Tuesday slot we share a recipe for spiced dumplings in sauce, a dessert known in Afrikaans as 'souskluitjies'.

 

SOUSKLUITJIES (dumplings in sauce)

To buy

• 120 g cake flour
• 10 ml baking powder
• 2 ml salt
• 15 g butter
• 1 egg
• 125 ml milk
• butter and cinnamon sugar to serve with

 

To make

• Sift the dry indredients together and mix in the butter with fingers till it resembles breadcrumbs.
• Mix egg and milk and add to above. Boil water (must be about 3 cm deep) with a pinch of salt in a casserole with a lid.
• Use a teaspoon dipped in boiling water to put spoonfulls of the dough into the boiling water.
• Cover with tight fitting lid and cook slowly for 10 minutes (please don't peek, as this will cause the dumplings to "fall down" and become rubbery)
• Remove from heat, pour into a serving bowl and put dots of butter on top. Sprinkle a lot of cinnamon sugar over and serve with vanilla custard.

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