Western Cape, South Africa

South Africa

The culinary heart of South Africa's braai culture, where boerewors has been the centerpiece of outdoor grilling for centuries. From Cape Town to the Winelands, the coiled sausage is a national obsession.

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Sausages from Western Cape, South Africa

Boerewors

Boerewors

Western Cape, South Africa

Boerewors (Afrikaans for 'farmer's sausage') is South Africa's most iconic sausage: a thick, coiled beef and pork sausage seasoned with coriander, cloves, and nutmeg. By law, it must contain at least 90% meat and no more than 30% fat. It is always cooked in its characteristic spiral shape over open coals at a braai (South African barbecue), never pricked, never straightened. Boerewors doubles as national ritual.

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