Hertzoggies
South Africa
Rédacteur en chef
London, United Kingdom ·
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A hertzoggie is a small tartlet: a short pastry base, a spoonful of apricot jam, and a coconut meringue topping baked until crisp and golden. It is called a hertzogkoekie in Afrikaans and a Hertzog cookie in English, and it has been made in South Africa since the 1920s. The name is political. The tartlet was created by supporters of J. B. M. Hertzog, the Boer War general who became South African Prime Minister, and it carries his name a century later. That is an unusually specific and unusually documented origin for a baked good, and it is worth recording plainly as history rather than endorsement. It is still widely eaten. Hertzoggies are a standard tea-time biscuit across South Africa and are made at home as part of the country's cottage baking tradition, alongside koeksisters and other well-known South African sweets. They are also strongly associated with Eid in the Cape Malay community, where they appear on the table among the other sweets prepared for the occasion. The combination of light pastry, sharp apricot jam and chewy coconut meringue is the whole appeal, and each of the three needs to stay distinct.
Hertzoggies date from the 1920s in South Africa, where they were created by supporters of the Boer War general and later Prime Minister J. B. M. Hertzog, from whom they take their name. They are known in Afrikaans as hertzogkoekies.
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Preheat the oven to 180°C and grease a mini muffin baking tray.
Sift the flour, baking powder, nutmeg and salt into a large mixing bowl.
Add the castor sugar and cubed butter, rubbing the butter into the flour until it forms fine crumbs.
Add the egg yolks and mix, adding a touch of water if needed, to bring the dough together.
Knead the dough on a clean floured surface until smooth, then roll into a ball, cover and rest for about 20 minutes.
In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites to soft peaks, then add the vanilla essence and sugar in stages until you have glossy firm peaks.
Carefully fold in the coconut and set aside.
Press the pastry directly into each hollow of the muffin tray, forming a base about 5mm thick.
Add two teaspoons of jam to each pastry case, then top with the meringue mixture.
Bake for 25 minutes, until the tops are crisp and golden.
Cool slightly, then carefully lift them out onto a cooling rack.
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