Boerewors Rolls

Boerewors is a South African sausage that was first made by the Voortrekkers, the Dutch pioneers who travelled up from the Cape of Good Hope through South Africa during the 1830/40s. 

There are many recipes for boereworse; every butcher has his own secret recipe, but all in all they have the same flavour with the special spice these sausages contain. We get our boereworse from a butcher on the Bluff in Durban; it's called Kom Terrug, which means 'come back', and believe me you will come back for this worse.

The sausage, or worse, is made in one long, unjointed tube, which is made into a coil to put on the braai fire. The favourite ways to eat boereworse is either with pap and gravy or on a bread roll with an onion and tomato relish of some kind. This is my family's favourite.

Ingredients: 

6 hot dog rolls 

6 pieces of Boerewors (15cm)

margarine or butter

Sauce: 

15ml oil 

1 large onion, finely chopped 

2 large tomatoes, chopped 

10ml (2 tsp) sugar 

2 cloves of garlic, crushed 

1 chilli pepper, chopped 

15ml curry powder

salt & pepper to taste 

Preparation: 

Fry the Boerewors in a pan 

or braai over hot coals.

Slice the hot dog rolls in the length, 

but not right through.

Butter the inside of the roll and place 

the cooked Boerewors in the roll. Set aside. 

To Make The Sauce: 

Heat the oil and fry the onions, 

tomatoes, garlic, and chilli together. 

Season this mixture, add the curry powder and sugar. 

Simmer for 20 minutes until the sauce has thickened. 

Spoon the sauce over the 

Boerewors in the roll and you're ready to go.

Enjoy!