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Trinidad & Tobago: Currant Rolls

Recipe Blogger — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:50:19 +0000

Ingredients: 1 lb currants 1cup brown sugar 1/2 tsp cinnamon pinch of nutmeg pinch of Tonga bean seed (optional) 2 sheets store bought pastry dough Method: Wash and drain currants Mix together sugar and spices into into the currants Roll out pastry dough thin enough to roll Spread mixture evenly Continue Reading...

Trinidad & Tobago: Kurma

Recipe Blogger — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:46:54 +0000

Ingredients: 2 1/2 lbs flour 1 lb of butter 1 tsp grated Ginger milk to knead 4 cups granulated sugar 1 cup water Method: Rub butter into flour until crumbly Mix in grated ginger Add milk to form a dough Roll out to approx. 1/2″ thickness and cut into strips of about 1″ in Continue Reading...

Trinidad & Tobago: Boiled Peewah

Recipe Blogger — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:36:53 +0000

Ingredients: 1/2 – 1 bunch of Peewah salt water Method: Peewah can be purchased from the local market or the occassional road side vendor in Trinidad. Thoroughly wash the Peewah and place them in a deep pot. Fill the pot with water, enough to cover all the Peewah. Add the salt. Cover the Continue Reading...

Trinidad & Tobago: Oven Roasted Peanuts

Recipe Blogger — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:27:05 +0000

Ingredients: 2 bags of peanuts salt black pepper Method: Wash nuts, season with salt and black pepper. Place season peanuts in a baking sheet. Put on the oven at 350 degrees and allow to heat up. Place baking sheet with seasones peanuts into the oven. Allow the peanuts to cook for about 30 Continue Reading...

Trinidad & Tobago: Fried Channa

Recipe Blogger — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:22:51 +0000

Ingredients: 1 bag of channa aka chick peas 2 cups of oil 1 teaspoon Salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper or peppe sauce 3 garlic cloves Method: Put the channa to soak in a bowl of water for about eight hours. After this time has elapsed, the channa would have swollen and soften. Peel and grate the Continue Reading...

Trinidad & Tobago: Black Cake

Recipe Blogger — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:18:04 +0000

Ingredients: 3lbs dark seedless raisins 1 tablespoon gravy browning 2 lbs currants 5 cups flour 1 lb mixed candied fruit 2 lbs red candied cherries 2 cups brown sugar 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 6 eggs 1/2 pound butter 1 bottle red wine Method: Grind raisins, mixed candied fruits and place in a Continue Reading...

Trinidad & Tobago: Carilley

Recipe Blogger — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:09:18 +0000

Ingredients: 2 Carilley Salt 2 garlic cloves pepper sauce Method: Thinly slice the carilley and remove the seeds from each slice. Then put the deseeded slices of carilley in a bowl of water and add some salt. Let the carilley absorb the salt for about one hour then throw out the water. At this Continue Reading...

Trinidad & Tobago: Tania Accra

Recipe Blogger — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:00:14 +0000

Ingredients: 2 – 3 Tania 1 medium onion 3 garlic cloves 1 pimento salt black pepper olive oil Method: Peel tania wash and grate on small side of the grater. A food processor can also be used but do not blend too finely. If you touch the grated tania, you will observe that it is a bit Continue Reading...

Trinidad & Tobago: Coconut Drops

Recipe Blogger — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:56:23 +0000

Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds of flour 3 tbsp brown sugar 1 leveled tsp baking powder 1 full tbsp lard 1 full tbsp butter 1/2 – 1 tsp yeast 1 dry coconut 1 cup raisins 1 cup oatmeal (optional) Method: Burst open the dry coconut, remove the hard brown shell and discard. Cut up the coconut in to Continue Reading...

Trinidad & Tobago: Paime

Recipe Blogger — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:48:15 +0000

Ingredients: 2 cups of cornmeal 1 dry coconut 2 tablespoon brown sugar 2 tablespoon butter 1 cup of raisins 1 cup grated pumpkin olive oil twine banana leaves Method: Burst open the dry coconut, remove the hard brown shell and discard. Cut up the coconut in to smaller pieces and place in a food Continue Reading...