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peanut soup recipe

Peanut Soup recipe is fabulous and somewhat different; but very intriguing, rich and spicy with West African and Caribbean roots. The onion, celery stalk, green peppers, chicken, thyme and peanut combine wonderfully.

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Ingredients:

  • 4 tablespoons margarine
  • 1 onion, grated
  • 1 stalk celery, grated
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 1 sprig fresh thyme
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • ½ teaspoon pepper
  • 1 tablespoon chopped green pepper
  • 2 cups milk
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 4 cups stock (beef or chicken)
  • 1 ½ cups peanut butter (crunchy)
  • or 2 cups ground peanuts

Method:

Prepare ground peanuts if you are not using peanut butter. Then place butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add onion, celery and one teaspoon chopped fresh thyme and sauté for about 5 minutes stirring. Add flour. Then slowly add stock. Increase heat to medium and stirring all the time add peanut butter or ground peanuts and cook for about 10 minutes. Reduce heat and add milk very slowly. Then add seasonings. Allow to simmer over low heat for about 15 minutes. Strain and serve immediately very hot, garnished with chopped green peppers.

Recipe by:Yolande Cools-Lartigue
Photo courtesy:castsugar.blogspot.com

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There are literally hundred of Paella recipes and every cook has their own favorite – where they change up some of the ingredients giving it their own special flavor. Below is just one of the many ways Paella is cooked in the Caribbean. Enjoy!

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Ingredients:

  • 1 small roasting chicken (cut up)
  • 4 ozs. Bacon
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 tomato peeled and cut in four
  • 1 teaspoon saffron
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 8 ozs peas
  • 8 ozs. French beans
  • 12. Ozs. Rice
  • 8 prawns
  • 12 scampi
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper

Method:

Wash, cut and dry chicken. Then season with garlic, salt and pepper. Allow to stand for one hour. Fry chicken in bacon and oil for about 5 minutes. Add tomato, beans, peas, paprika, and rice. Stir the rice into the fat, pour in 2 pints water. Bring to a boil and then add saffron. Simmer for 5 minutes. In the meantime, prepare shellfish and wash in cold water and a little lemon juice. Then add to rice mixture and cook for another 15 minutes or until rice is cooked. Serve immediately with a tossed salad.

Recipe by:Yolande Cools-Lartigue
Photo courtesy:fatfreevegan.com

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There are many ways to make delicious scalloped potatoes in the Caribbean, in my case I like keeping things simple. Basically you layer thin slices of potatoes with any number of extras – like cheese, parsley, onions - then add some milk or cream and bake.

Recommend: If you need a faster cooking time, Joy of Cooking recommends parboiling the potatoes first for a few minutes.

Use a shallow casserole dish - you don’t want is crispy browned on top and not-cooked-enough inside.

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Ingredients:

  • 4-5 Potatoes
  • 2 cups milk
  • ½ lb. grated cheese
  • salt, pepper
  • 1 larger onion sliced
  • ¼ lb. flour
  • 1 tablespoon margarine

Method:

Peel, slice and soak potatoes in lemon juice and salt water for 1 minute or so. Dry potato slices well and set aside. Grease casserole dish generously. Then place layer of potatoes, and sprinkle layer with cheese, pepper and a little flour. Place several onion slices on top. Continue this process until all potato slices and other ingredients are finished. Then put a very generous coating of grated cheese on top. Dot with butte, and pour milk into casserole until potatoes are covered. Bake in pre-heated oven at 350F for about 45 minutes or until liquid in absorbed.

Recipe by:Yolande Cools-Lartigue
Photo courtesy:taste.com.au

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