The most favourite of dad`s Belize recipes I like to use is his bread pudding recipe. I can smell the aroma just talking about it. Dad would add rum or brandy which gave it it`s unique flavour.
I am going to share this recipe with you. The photo above was an excuse to make it. You see, I have a passion for it!
1 loaf of White bread. (It works best with stale but not mouldy)
350gm sugar
300gm seedless raisins
3 dsp of cinnamon
125g butter
Small tin evaporated milk
1 tin coconut milk 400ml
2 shots of rum or brandy
1/2 mug of water
Break up the bread into a large bowl. Add the sugar, raisins, butter, cinnamon. Mix the evaporated milk in a saucepan with 1/2 cup of water and heat until quite hot. Heat the coconut milk again after squeezing it out or heat the canned coconut milk. Mix in well until the bread is soggy then add the alcohol and mix well. Grease a roasting pan which is quite large and pour in the mixture. Bake in an oven, gas mark 5 for 1 1/2 hours and leave to cool.
Turn out and place crunchy side up. You can now eat it cold on it`s own or with ice cream or custard. Alternatively, you can use wholemeal bread, but white is traditional with a smoother texture and district taste.
A spread of traditional Belize food would not be the same without this tempting dish.
Belize Recipes No.2. - Stewed Red Beans and Rice
Ingredients:
1 lb red kidney beans
1 large sliced onion
1 pig's tail or 800g beef (optional)
2 cloves of crushed garlic
1/2 tsp of thyme
1/2 tsp black pepper
salt to taste
cooking oil (try healthy olive oil)
!/2 cup of coconut milk
Soak beans overnight, throw away water and rinse to remove toxins. Add about 7-8 cups of fresh water, onions, garlic and the meat. Gently boil until the beans are soft. Add herbs, seasoning and coconut milk and simmer for 15 minutes. Serve with white rice.
1 large coconut or alternatively, 1 tin of coconut milk. (Saves time)
1 green, 1 red, 1 yellow peppers diced
1 dessert spoon of brandy
1 diced onion
You may find generally in this Belize dish beef and green banana.
Wash fish and cut in serving portions. Put grated coconut in a bowl and add just over 1/2 pint of hot water. Leave for 5 minutes and then spoon the mixture, a little at a time, into a muslin cloth and squeeze the milk out. Repeat the process until all the mixture is squeezed out and leave to stand.
Prepare your choice of vegetables. Pour milk into a sauce pan and bring to the boil stirring occasionally. Lay the fish in and add onions, peppers, salt and pepper (don`t forget the brandy) and simmer for 35 minutes on gas mark 6. Serve with Rice.
That`s my Dad`s Fish Serre!
Belize recipes No.4. - Coconut Crust
Ingredients:
1 Grated coconut
3 Eggs
1 Small can (200 ml) of evaporated milk
Condensed milk
1 tsp Nutmeg
1 tsp of vanilla essence (or flavour of your choice)
Short crust pastry
Roll out pastry and cut into small plate sizes. Grate coconut (or use 250g desiccated to save time). Beat eggs and add the nutmeg, evaporated milk and essence. Mix together and sweeten with condensed milk. Add coconut and mix.
Spoon some mixture into each plate shaped pastry. Turn in edges of pastry to form a lip or edge.
Bake in a pre-heated oven at Gas mark 8 (450 F/230 C) for 20 minutes, then turn down to a moderate heat at Gas mark 4 (350 F/180 C) 20 minutes. Test with a fork to see if the coconut is firm. Serve Cold with or without cream or ice cream.
You will see this popular Belize food especially at the breakfast table. If you don`t be careful, you will be carrying home a few extra kilograms, but it won`t be in your suitcases!
Belize recipes No.5. - Fry Jack
Ingredients :
750g of sieved flour
1 tblsps shortening
375ml Water or 1 cup
Salt to taste
Add sifted flour, baking powder and salt together. Fold in the shortening. Add the water gradually until the dough is the right consistency. (not sticky but soft) Knead dough and separate into pieces and shape into balls. Roll the balls flat and fry until golden brown. Serve with savoury dishes or with golden syrup.
I am going to share this recipe with you. The photo above was an excuse to make it. You see, I have a passion for it!
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