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Jamaican patties (vegan)

9/7/2021

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Preparation time: 15-20 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 -30 minutes
Serves: makes 7 Patties
 
Ingredients
Pastry
·       250g plain flour
·       ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
·       ½ teaspoon salt
·       125g cold margarine or butter cut into cubes
·       5-6 tablespoon cold water
 
Filling
·       1 teaspoon oil
·    500g vegan soya mince (pre-soaked if the dried variety or defrosted if the frozen variety)
·       1 onion, diced
·       2 cloves garlic, minced
·       1 small (2 inches) piece of ginger, minced
·       ½  teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
·       2 - 3 teaspoons curry powder  
·       ½  teaspoon dried thyme
·       ½  teaspoon paprika
·       2 tomatoes, chopped
·       4 tablespoons wholemeal breadcrumbs
·       125ml water
·       1 vegetable stock cube
Directions
  1. Preheat oven  180 degrees C / Gas mark 4
  2. To make the pastry, sieve the flour into a large bowl.
  3. Add salt and turmeric.
  4. Grate the frozen butter into the flour and crumble in with your fingers.
  5. Add the cold water and knead to make a dough (the texture will be like bread crumbs).       
  6. To make the filling, heat the oil and add onions, garlic, ginger, and mince. Cook until the    mince is browned.
  7. Add curry powder, thyme, paprika, salt and black pepper and cook for a further 3-5 minutes.
  8. Add tomatoes and cook for a further 3-5 minutes until tomatoes have softened.
  9. Stir in the wholemeal breadcrumbs and cook for 2 minutes.
  10. Add water and stock cube and simmer for approx 1/2 hour.
  11. You should end up with a fairly thick stew.
  12. Allow to cool.
  13. Roll out the pastry on a floured surface.
  14. Using a small saucer, place on the dough and cut around to create a circle shape.
  15. Put approx 1-2 teaspoon of the filling onto the pastry circle covering less than half the circle.
  16. Fold the pastry circle in half and press down the edges with a fork.
  17. You should now have half a semi circle shape.
  18. Prick the patties with a fork (2 -3 times) to allow the steam to escape.
  19. Place in the oven for about 20-30 minutes.

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CoCo bread recipe

5/7/2021

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INGREDIENTS
1 cup of coconut milk (or 1 cup water)
1 teaspoon of salt
2 packs of yeast (approx 1 tablespoon)
1 tablespoon of vegan butter
1 tablespoon vegetable shortening
1 tablespoon of sugar
3 cups of plain flour sifted (can use bread flour)
1 teaspoon of salt

METHOD
  1. Preheat oven to 400f / 204c / gas mark 6
  2. Gently warm the milk until it’s lukewarm (about 50 seconds in the microwave)
  3. Add salt to the coconut milk
  4. Add the yeast, vegan butter, vegetable shortening, sugar
  5. Stir and set it aside
  6. In a bowl sift cups of flour and then add salt
  7. Stir
  8. Make a well in the middle of the flour mixture and the add the yeast mixture to the flour mixture
  9. Stir until combined (mixture will be sticky )
  10. Flour your work surface
  11. Place dough unto the work surface
  12. With clean hands knead they dough until soft and smooth
  13. Grease a bowl with some butter
  14. Place dough into the bowl
  15. Cover with a a damp tea towel
  16. Leave it in a warm place for 1 hour and 30 minutes
  17. line a baking tray with grease proof paper and set aside
  18. Place your dough onto a floured work surface
  19. Flour your rolling pin and roll out your dough
  20. Cut into 4 pieces
  21. Roll out the dough until about 1/2 to 1 inch thick
  22. Cut it into a circular shape using a side plate
  23. Grease one half of the dough with butter
  24. Fold the dough in half
  25. Then place on a baking tray
  26. Repeat the process until you have used all of your dough
  27. Leave it covered in a warm place for 10 mins
  28. Place in a the oven for 30 mins at has 400f / 204c / mark 6

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plantain cups with ackee filling

12/1/2020

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Plantain Cups With Ackee Filling - My Signature Dish

I LOVE plantain it is one of my most favourite things to eat. I like ackee too so when I came up with this recipe it was a match made in heaven for me. This can be served as a starter ( you can make mini ones) or a main course served with roast potatoes and a side salad. This is suitable for most diets including vegans, vegetarians and  those on a gluten free diet

PLANTAIN

Plantain is a part of the staple diet in countries like in West and Central Africa, Central America, all across the Caribbean islands and also the northern, coastal parts of South America. On of the major advantages of plantain is that they grow all year round, making them a reliable all-season staple food.

According to draxe.com there a good health benefits for eating plantain. The nutritional value includes potassium, fibre, vitamin b12 and magnesium

ACKEE

Ackee is a fruit but it is eaten like a vegetable, in the same way that a tomato is a fruit but is eaten like a vegetable. Ackee, also known as  achee, ackee apple or akee (Blighia sapida) and is a member of the Sapindaceae (soapberry family. Ackee is native to many countries in West Africa including  Ghana, Gambis, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone .

Ackee  was imported to Jamaica from West Africa  (probably on a slave ship) around the year 1778. Since then it has become a major part of many Caribbean cuisines, and is also grown in tropical and subtropical areas elsewhere around the world.


Plantain Cups With Ackee Filling Recipe
Ingredients
For The Plantain Cups
• 2  ripe plantains
• Spray Oil
Method
– Wash and peel the plantains
– Chop the plantain into 3-4 pieces
– Boil plantain until soft and tender.
– Drain the cooked plantain
– Press the plantain into the oiled muffin tin to form the cups
– Bake at 180c / 350f or gas mark 4 for 20-30 minutes until golden brown
– Remove from the muffin tins and allow to cool slightly
For The Filling
Ingredients:
• 1 medium can of ackee (540g)
• 2 oz. coconut oil (plus a little more if needed)
• 1 Large Onion chopped
• 2 Plum tomatoes
• Half a green pepper chopped
• 1/2 Tsp. Salt
• 1/2 Tsp. Black Pepper
• ½ tsp season all (optional)
• 1 small scotch bonnet pepper (optional)
Method:
– Sauté onions, peppers and tomatoes until onions are soft.
– Open the can of ackee and drain the liquid from the tin.
– Add ackee to onions, peppers and tomatoes and fold together.
– Allow to cook for 2 minutes, and then add salt to taste.
– Add black pepper and scotch bonnet pepper
– Simmer on medium heat for another 3 – 5 minutes.
– Place 1-2 spoonfuls of ackee into the plantain cups an serve
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quick and easy vegan mac and cheese

1/1/2020

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Ingredients
  • 3 cups cooked whole-wheat pasta (any type of small pasta shape will work)
  • 2 Tbsp. vegan butter
  • 1/2 cup nutritional yeast
  • 1/4 cup non-dairy milk
  • 1 small tomato, chopped (optional)
  • ½ cup cooked sweet potato (optional)
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
Method
  • Heat up the cooked pasta in a large saucepan.
  •  Add the vegan butter, nutritional yeast and almond milk,
  • Stir until well combined.
  • Add the tomato and stir. (You can also use cooked sweet potato, or any other vegetable that you want.)
  • Season with salt and pepper and enjoy!
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how to cook plantain with no oil

1/1/2020

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How To Cook Plantain with no oil

Watch this step by step guide on how to cook plantain without using oil
​You get all the flavour and non of the cholesterol
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How To Cook Buckwheat

1/1/2020

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​Cooking buckwheat is really simple, watch this video to learn how to cook buckwheat. Buckwheat is a plant cultivated for its grain-like seeds and as a cover crop. To distinguish it from a related species, Fagopyrum tataricum, it is also known as Japanese buckwheat and silverhull buckwheat
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