All Topics  
Droë wors

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Droë wors
 
 
  Topics Droë wors Topic Home

Droëwors (Afrikaans
Afrikaans

Afrikaans is an Indo-European language, derived from Dutch language and thus classified as Low Franconian languages West Germanic languages. It is mainly spoken in South Africa and Namibia, with smaller numbers of speakers living in Botswana, Angola, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Zambia, Australia, New Zealand, United States of America, Taiwa...
 lit. "dry
Drying (food)

Drying is a method of food preservation that works by removing water from the food, which prevents the growth of microorganisms and decay. Drying food using the sun and wind to prevent spoilage has been known since ancient times....
 sausage
Sausage

A sausage is a prepared food, usually made from ground meat, animal fat, salt, and spices , typically packed in a casing . Sausage making is a traditional food preservation technique....
") is a popular South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
n snack food
Snack food

A snack food is seen in Western culture as a type of food not meant to be eaten as a main meal of the day ? breakfast, lunch, or dinner ? but one rather that is intended to assuage a person's hunger between these meals, providing a brief supply of energy for the body....
, made by drying the traditional, coriander
Coriander

Coriander is an annual plant herb in the family Apiaceae. It is also known as cilantro, particularly in the USA. Coriander is native to southwestern Asia west to north Africa....
-seed spiced boerewors
Boerewors

Boerewors is a sausage dish, popular in South African cuisine and Limburg cuisine. It comes from the Afrikaans language words boer and wors ....
 sausage. It is usually made from dunwors (Afr. "thin sausage") rather than dikwors ("thick sausage"), as the thinner sausage dries more quickly and is thus less likely to spoil before it can be preserved
Food preservation

Food preservation is the process of treating and handling food to stop or greatly slow down spoilage caused or accelerated by micro-organisms....
. If dikwors is to be used, it is usually flattened to provide a larger surface area for drying.

The recipe used for these dried sausages is similar to that for boerewors
Boerewors

Boerewors is a sausage dish, popular in South African cuisine and Limburg cuisine. It comes from the Afrikaans language words boer and wors ....
, though pork
Pork

Pork is the culinary name for meat from the domestic pig . The word, pork, is often meant to denote specifically the fresh meat of the pig, but it can be used as an all-inclusive term, to include cured, smoked, or processed meats It is one of the most-commonly consumed meats worldwide, with evidence of pig animal husbandry dating back...
 and veal
Veal

Veal is the meat of calves . Though veal can be produced from any calf, most veal comes from male calves of dairy cattle breeds. Compared to other meats, veal has a delicate taste and tender texture....
 are usually replaced by beef
Beef

Beef is the culinary name for meat from bovines, especially domestic cattle . Beef is one of the principal meats used in the cuisine of Australia, European cuisine and the Americas, and is also important in Africa, East Asia, and Southeast Asia....
, as the former can go rancid
Rancidification

Rancidification is the decomposition of fats, oils and other lipids by hydrolysis or oxidation, or both. Hydrolysis will split fatty acid chains away from the glycerol backbone in glycerides....
 when dried.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Droë wors'
Start a new discussion about 'Droë wors'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


Droëwors (Afrikaans
Afrikaans

Afrikaans is an Indo-European language, derived from Dutch language and thus classified as Low Franconian languages West Germanic languages. It is mainly spoken in South Africa and Namibia, with smaller numbers of speakers living in Botswana, Angola, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Zambia, Australia, New Zealand, United States of America, Taiwa...
 lit. "dry
Drying (food)

Drying is a method of food preservation that works by removing water from the food, which prevents the growth of microorganisms and decay. Drying food using the sun and wind to prevent spoilage has been known since ancient times....
 sausage
Sausage

A sausage is a prepared food, usually made from ground meat, animal fat, salt, and spices , typically packed in a casing . Sausage making is a traditional food preservation technique....
") is a popular South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
n snack food
Snack food

A snack food is seen in Western culture as a type of food not meant to be eaten as a main meal of the day ? breakfast, lunch, or dinner ? but one rather that is intended to assuage a person's hunger between these meals, providing a brief supply of energy for the body....
, made by drying the traditional, coriander
Coriander

Coriander is an annual plant herb in the family Apiaceae. It is also known as cilantro, particularly in the USA. Coriander is native to southwestern Asia west to north Africa....
-seed spiced boerewors
Boerewors

Boerewors is a sausage dish, popular in South African cuisine and Limburg cuisine. It comes from the Afrikaans language words boer and wors ....
 sausage. It is usually made from dunwors (Afr. "thin sausage") rather than dikwors ("thick sausage"), as the thinner sausage dries more quickly and is thus less likely to spoil before it can be preserved
Food preservation

Food preservation is the process of treating and handling food to stop or greatly slow down spoilage caused or accelerated by micro-organisms....
. If dikwors is to be used, it is usually flattened to provide a larger surface area for drying.

The recipe used for these dried sausages is similar to that for boerewors
Boerewors

Boerewors is a sausage dish, popular in South African cuisine and Limburg cuisine. It comes from the Afrikaans language words boer and wors ....
, though pork
Pork

Pork is the culinary name for meat from the domestic pig . The word, pork, is often meant to denote specifically the fresh meat of the pig, but it can be used as an all-inclusive term, to include cured, smoked, or processed meats It is one of the most-commonly consumed meats worldwide, with evidence of pig animal husbandry dating back...
 and veal
Veal

Veal is the meat of calves . Though veal can be produced from any calf, most veal comes from male calves of dairy cattle breeds. Compared to other meats, veal has a delicate taste and tender texture....
 are usually replaced by beef
Beef

Beef is the culinary name for meat from bovines, especially domestic cattle . Beef is one of the principal meats used in the cuisine of Australia, European cuisine and the Americas, and is also important in Africa, East Asia, and Southeast Asia....
, as the former can go rancid
Rancidification

Rancidification is the decomposition of fats, oils and other lipids by hydrolysis or oxidation, or both. Hydrolysis will split fatty acid chains away from the glycerol backbone in glycerides....
 when dried. Drying makes the sausage less desirable for cooking (as it tends to be less succulent), but ideal for storage.

Droëwors is unusual among dried meats in being dried quickly in warm, dry conditions, unlike traditional Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 cured
Curing (food preservation)

Curing refers to various food preservation and flavoring processes, especially of meat or fish, by the addition of a combination of edible salt, sugar, nitrates or nitrite....
 salumi, which are dried slowly in relatively cold and humid conditions. A further difference is that droëwors is made from the normal frying/cooking sausage (boerewors
Boerewors

Boerewors is a sausage dish, popular in South African cuisine and Limburg cuisine. It comes from the Afrikaans language words boer and wors ....
), and therefore does not have the same content of curing agent that is found in a traditional cured sausage. A direct result of this is that droëwors should not be kept in moist conditions as mould can begin to form more easily than would happen with a cured sausage.

This product is related both in name and in nature to the Dutch 'droge worst'. (see http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droge_worst)

See also

  • Biltong
    Biltong

    Biltong is a kind of Curing meat that originated in South Africa. Many different types of meat can be used to make it, ranging from beef through game meats to fillets of ostrich from commercial farms....
  • Boerewors
    Boerewors

    Boerewors is a sausage dish, popular in South African cuisine and Limburg cuisine. It comes from the Afrikaans language words boer and wors ....


External links



nl:Droge worst