.jpg) Hertzoggies being sold in a South African bakery for R5.99 (roughly US$0.42) each. | |
| Course | Dessert |
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| Place of origin | South Africa |
| Created by | unknown |
| Invented | 1920s |
| Main ingredients | Flour,salt,butter ormargarine,sugar,eggs,apricot jam,baking soda,desiccated coconut |
| Variations | Multiple |
AHertzoggie/hɜːrtsɒxi/, also known inAfrikaans as aHertzogkoekie or inEnglish as aHertzog cookie, is a jam-filledtartlet or cookie with a coconut topping commonly served on a cup-like pastry base.
The cookie is a popular dessert inSouth Africa where it is often eaten with a cup ofEnglish tea. In theCape Malay community the dessert is often eaten duringEid.[1] It is often baked at home as part of a dessert-bakingcottage industry in the country and sold alongside other popular South African desserts such askoeksisters.
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The tartlet is named after the early 20th century South African politician, Prime Minister (1924–1939) andBoer War GeneralJ. B. M. Hertzog. The Hertzogkoekies are thought to have been a favourite of his.[1] Hertzog's supporters were known to have baked, served, and sold them to show their political support.[2][3]
One story of the origin of the dessert states that it was invented by the Cape-Malay community to demonstrate their support for Hertzog after he promised to givewomen the vote and equal rights to thecoloured community in the 1920s. After fulfilling the first promise to give women the vote in 1930, but not the second, the community began baking the cookies with a brown and pink icing called "twee gevreetjie" (Afrikaans for "hypocrite"), showing their dissatisfaction with him.[4][3]
Another possible source of the dessert's origin is the Afrikaans practice following theSecond Anglo-Boer War to name confections after national heroes.[5]
Hertzogkoekies are prepared from a pastry base with an open top that is filled withapricot jam. It is topped with a desiccated or grated coconutmeringue topping and baked.[6][7]
The Hertzogkoekie inspired supporters of Hertzog's political rival and contemporaryJan Smuts to bake a version of their own called "Jan Smuts cookies". This confection also became popular in the 1920s and 1930s.[1][7] Jan Smuts cookies have a creamed butter and sugar topping instead of the paler meringue topping of the Hertzogkoekie.[8]
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