Bobotie Filled Vetkoek Pockets Recipe idea. Popular South African recipes to make for snack or a meal with bobotie mince, and vetkoek.
Bobotie Filled Vetkoek Pockets
A simple bobotie filled vetkoek pockets recipe ideas to fill with left over bobotie meats. Made lunch the previous day and have left over food. Cook the No Bake vetkoek to make pockets for the left over Oven Baked dish of bobotie beef mince for a brunch or lunch meal for the family. Makes a filling school lunch idea for the kids to.
Why is it called a vetkoek?
It is called vetkoek which is a Afrikaans South African name for “fat cake”. Made the same as a bread dough but fried in oil in a pot until brown. Sliced open and fillings added. The dough is similar to a donut without a hole in the middle. Popular authentic Recipe for South African of all kinds.
What is vetkoek made from?
The vetkoek is made from bread dough with yeast, that is deep fried for a all round meal and filled with many fillings. The popular one is jam and cheese, or curry minced meat and with this recipe left over bobotie. Anything to suit your pallet is good. Eaten warm is delicious.
What is the history of the vetkoek?
The history can be found from the Dutch settlers that landed in the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa during the 17th century. They brought with them the fried bread dough idea and this became the vetkoek we all love and eat.
Ingredients
The recipes are all highlighted and underlined.
- Best Homemade Vetkoek Recipe (a bread dough)
- Traditional Bobotie recipe (left over bobotie meat)
These two recipes combined make a great meal for lunch or brunch or make small vetkoek balls filled with left over bobotie meat. Both are traditionally South African recipes.
How To
Firstly you would of maybe made the bobotie recipe for a lunch or dinner with the yellow rice. Use the left overs for the fillings in the vetkoek. (recipe for bobotie )
Make the dough for the koeksisters and leave to rise, (as per recipe for vetkoek). Placing the dough in the warm or hot oil to cook. It will turn over when done on one side.
Cut the round vetkoek open for a pocket filling of bobotie meat and stuff it in.
Serve warm on a plate for a meal or make them smaller for a appetizer for family or guests.
Recommendations
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Get the best homemade recipe for vetkoek —-> Best Homemade Vetkoek Recipe
Try some of these fillings recipe ideas —-> Recipes for Vetkoek and Fillings
Other filling recipe ideas to put together —-> Vetkoek with Jam and Cheese and Vetkoek Boerewors and Tomato Onion Sauce and Vetkoek Bacon Egg with salad Filling and Vetkoek Curry Chicken Filling and Curry Mince Vetkoek Filling
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Bobotie Filled Vetkoek Pockets Recipe
Bobotie Filled Vetkoek Pockets Recipe idea. Popular South African recipes to make for snack or a meal with bobotie mince, and vetkoek.
- Prep Time: 2 hrs 20min
- Cook Time: 5 min
- Total Time: 2 hrs 25min
- Yield: 20 1x
- Category: Meals, supper or lunch, dinner
- Method: no bake stove top, oven bake
- Cuisine: South african
Ingredients
1. Homemade Vetkoek
(for the easy homemade vetkoek recipe click on this –> Best Homemade Vetkoek Recipe
2. Bobotie left overs.
(for the recipe click on this –> Traditional Bobotie and Yellow Rice
Instructions
- This is such a simple and easy recipe idea to use left over food for a meal.
- With your homemade vetkoek or some left over vetkoek, cut a slit in the round or oval shaped vetkoek to make a pocket. (don’t cut in half)
- Add the left over bobotie in the pocket and place on a serving dish for a platter or help yourself meal for the family.
- Its just that simple.
- Only difficulty is that maybe you must still make the ingredients to fill the pockets with.
- Follow the recipe for the main food and then stuff the pockets with the fillings.
Notes
- The time spent on this recipe can be very different. As you can use left overs for the fillings.
- But may have to make the vetkoek for the filling. ( 2 hrs rising time for the yeast dough)
- Therefore we have estimated the time for the baking of the vetkoek.
- If you need to still bake the bobotie then add that time on.
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