Braai Staple · Grilled Sausage

Boerewors Roll

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Its name is Afrikaans for 'farmer's sausage', and by law it may contain no more than 30% fat and no mechanically recovered meat.

A coarse, spiced sausage — beef, sometimes mixed with pork or lamb, seasoned with coriander, pepper, and nutmeg — coiled into a spiral and grilled over open coals at a braai. Street vendors slice it into a roll of bread with grilled onions and a squeeze of tomato relish or chutney.

Why it's made this way: South African regulation actually requires boerewors to contain at least 90% meat to legally carry the name, a rule that protects a sausage tied closely to national identity.