Monday, October 15, 2007

Yummy Chutney

The idea for this one is stolen from the ingredients list for Wild Thymes Mango Papaya Chutney, which you can find at your grocery store. Put all of these ingredients into a slow cooker, and let it go on medium heat for a long time:

Mangoes, Apples, Sugar, Pineapple, Oranges, Onions, Cider Vinagar, Garlic, Ginger, Papaya, Raisins, Jalapeno Peppers, Lemons, Red Bell Peppers, Coconut, Spices, Lime Juice

So that is the ingredients list for this. The further down the list, the less quantity. As for the spices, I don't know what they are, but to get you thinking, here are the spices for Tofu Bobotie from P. 32 of Sundays at the Moosewood, an excellent cookbook!
Cumin, Coriander, Fennel, Cloves, Cinnamon, Turmeric, Black Pepper.

If I get a chance to try this out, I'll edit this posting. If you try it first, let me know how it turned out!

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Liberian Ginger Beer

Haven't tried this yet, but for the novelty, this sounds interesting...

Ingredients

25 pieces ginger
2 pineapples, unpeeled and cut into pieces
2 teaspoons yeast
1 gallon water
3½ cups molasses

  1. Beat ginger pieces in a large kettle until soft.
  2. Add pineapple and yeast.
  3. Boil water and pour into ginger mixture. Let stand overnight.
  4. Strain, and add the molasses.
  5. Chill and serve.

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Old Fashioned Coconut Cream Pie

Here's another one we can't take credit for. make sure to read all the comments on the recipe, or just take the recipe below the link, which is what we took out of all the comments...

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Old-Fashioned-Coconut-Cream-Pie/Detail.aspx

1 1/2 cups half-and-half
1 1/2 cups coconut milk
2 eggs
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup corn starch
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup shredded fresh coconut
1 teaspoon coconut (or vanilla) extract
1 (9 inch) pie shell, baked
1 cup frozen whipped topping, thawed

Directions:

  1. Mix the first five ingredients together in a big pyrex bowl, and stir (with a whisk) until it is well mixed. 
  2. Put the bowl covered in the microwave for two minutes, then stir.
  3. Repeat step 2 until you notice it begin to thicken (may take longer than you think, but this is still quicker than doing it on the stove!) 
  4. Stir the thickened coconut mix and continue cooking in the microwave for shorter periods of time (40 seconds, 30 seconds, 20 seconds...) until it reaches the desired thickness for pie filling. Try to imagine it being thick enough to not make the crust go soggy! 
  5. Mix in half of the coconut shavings and let cool in the fridge.
  6. Spread the other half out over an un-greased pan and toast in the oven or toaster oven. Watch carefully, it tends to go from not toasted to burnt rather quickly! 
  7. When the filling is cool, layer it in the pie like so:
Toasted Coconut
Whipped Topping
Coconut Custard
Whipped Topping
Coconut Custard
Pie Crust

Enjoy!