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This is a basic Dough from which you can make Various kind of sweet breads.Here it is called Gerezen Bladerdeeg. I don’t want to give a wrong translation that is why I am using this word. If i translate my self I would call it raised puff pastry.But as hubby is not home he is gone to Cologne, so I will have to wait till he is back to ask him.I translate the recipe from a Flemsih Cooking book ,

Mini Puff Pastry Rolls2 sheets of puff pastry (250 g each)175 g fresh and soft cow milk cheese100 g wet cured ham, finely diced (I used the one made from turkey breasts)2 egg yolks30 g grated Parmesanthymesesame seedsnutmegsaltfreshly ground black pepperSquash cheese with a fork. Add 1 egg yolk, Parmesan, pepper, salt, ham and 1 teaspoon thymeFlatten each sheet of pastry very thin, cut out as

Koeksisters are a South African pastry that’s deep-fried and then dipped in spiced sugar syrup. Somewhat reminiscent of doughnuts, koeksisters are made by twisting/ braiding either 2 or 3 small strips of dough, deep frying them and dipping them in a ginger and cinnamon spiced sugar syrup.
It seems of the two versions of the koeksister, the Afrikaner version is crisper, syrupy and usually braided