As previously mentioned,
braai's (pronounced
bry) are the national past-time of South Africans. In Australia we
barbeque... in South Africa they
braai. On Saturday we were treated to a
weber 'posh-nosh' cooking class (thanks
Badalassi!) and learnt the
in's &
out's of a perfect
braai. We learnt that basically anything can be cooked on a
braai, and confirmed that the only way to eat roast chicken is if it's cooked on a
braai. Seriously!
A
braai consists of charcoal briquettes which are lit with fire lighters and let to heat & smoke for around 30min. Once red hot, the briquettes have about 2hrs of heat for cooking. The heated charcoal slowly smokes the food and gives it a delicious flavour.
At our cooking course we baked a whole fish wrapped in newspaper, prawns, a whole baked pumpkin, pizza, fillet of beef, chicken
teriyaki, whole duck with oyster sauce &
peri-
peri baby chickens. Our favourites were the roast chicken and the fillet of beef. Yum!
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| Pete preparing the camping-style braai one weekend at Pilansberg (every camp site has one) |
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| Charcoal briquettes |
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| Duck cooking on braai |
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| The end result of the cooking class! |