RECIPES - Jan Braai

Beef

Smoked Boerewors with Garlic Aoli

Aoli is like the brother of mayonaise, in this recipe we flavour it with garlic and smoke good quality boerewors to serve with the sauce.

Beef

Whole Sirloin Roast with Potatoes & Mustard Sauce

This recipe can be executed successfully in a gas braai or kettle type braai. Take it easy and take your time and make sure you use a meat thermometer to make sure your sirloin is perfect on the inside.

Fish

Snoek

There has been a fairly rapid progression in the way that I braai snoek and the sauce I baste it with in the year leading up to the publication of this book. By coincidence, two things happened in the same year and both profoundly changed how I braai snoek, something I thought up until that point I had nailed. When braaing snoek I always do it open, but I used to aim for some caramelisation on the flesh side. So you braai it skin-side down for the majority of the time, but also aim for some browned bits on the flesh side by also giving that a fair amount of time facing the coals. And then, during an epic adventure where a few friends braaied our way down the West Coast all the way from Alexander Bay to Cape Town and braaied and ate seafood many times a day during this journey, I saw and experienced how many locals on the West Coast (who clearly braai snoek more often than me) do exactly the opposite.

Beef

Curry Mince Jaffles

This is a great recipe to prepare a day before when you are going on a road trip. Remember to pack your jaffle maker, extra fire wood and your tongs on top so you have easy access to it, to stop next to the road at a picnic area and braai your jaffles.