South Africa offers five braai bread options for Heritage Day — Daily Maverick

In South Africa, five bread options for a braai have been proposed for Heritage Day. The author of the selection, Tony Jackman, notes that once the basic recipe for bread baked in a pot, or potbrood, has been mastered, it can be varied with onions, garlic, cheese, herbs and biltong.

Onion, cheese and thyme

As Daily Maverick reports, one option combines baked onion and cheese. The onion and garlic for this bread are baked separately in their skins, with the garlic cooked for less time. After cooling, the garlic flesh is squeezed out and mixed with chopped red onion.

Another option involves adding thyme. The author calls this bread a herbaceous addition to the spring season, when people cook outdoors more often.

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Sage, biltong and corn

The selection also features bread with sage. Jackman notes that this herb should be used sparingly because of its pronounced flavour and should not be mixed with other herbs in order to preserve its distinctive aroma. At the same time, more sage can be added if bread with a more intense herb flavour is desired.

The list also includes potbrood with biltong and onion. The author writes that his version of this bread had a crisp base, and hot slices can be served with butter. The fifth option is corn bread with rosemary, which is suggested as an accompaniment to the Argentine beef dish Carbonada Criolla or to a Heritage Day braai.