Bacon & Cherry Skewers – Start your next braai the right way

It’s always braai-season in South Africa, but as summer approaches quickly, the frequency of going to or hosting a daytime braai is going up. A braai is also not just one meal, its a day of eating. Some food is grilled on a hot fire and other meat is finished a bit later when its cooled down a bit. Every braai also needs snacks, be it cooked or fresh. These Bacon & Cherry Skewers or bacon & cherry sosaties are a staple among many South African families as a snack before the real eating begins.

These delicious treats also have the name “oopsies” because the cherries can fall into the fire, so be careful when you handle them. You can also put them in a “flip grill” which you can close around these beauties to make handling them easier. Also, if you have reusable steel skewers, you are more than welcome to use those as well. Make sure to keep the syrup from the maraschino cherry jar to pour some of it over the sosaties (skewers) just as they are done to add that extra sweet taste. Bacon always goes well with something sweet.

You have your Bacon & Cherry Skewers recipe ready. Now it’s time to plan the rest of your summer braai meals and have a traditional South African feast.

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Bacon & Cherry Skewers

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Recipe by Basson Laubscher Course: StarterCuisine: South AfricanDifficulty: Easy

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

15

minutes

Cooking time

15

minutes

Total time

30

minutes

Ingredients

• 600 g streaky bacon

• 300 g Maraschino cherries

• wood skewers (sosatie sticks)

Method

• On a sosatie stick add one cherry and then thread the streaky bacon strips. The spacing should be one cherry and then one strip of streaky bacon threaded and then repeat. I use about four bacon strips, but you can use as much as you feel comfortable with.
• Over the hot coals place the cherry bacon sticks until crispy and cooked. To make it easier, place all of the cherry bacon sticks into a braai grid that you can close so that turning them on the fire is much easier.
• Before serving, pour the leftover cherry syrup from the jar over the sosaties (skewers) just as they are done.

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