Belizean Food

Belize Cuisine:
Sere, Hudut, Creole Bread

Ingredients

2 pounds sweet potato 1 tsp. nutmeg
2-4 ozs root ginger (grated) 1 cup raisin
2 cups brown sugar 2 tsps. vanilla
4 cups milk (evaporated or coconut) 2 tbsps. margarine (melted)

Method

1. Grease baking tins or Pyrex dishes.
2. Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit
3. Wash, peel and grate potato
4. If using coconut milk not canned or from powdered mix, then grate your coconut and squeeze with water to get four cups milk (or use the evaporated milk)
5. In a large bowl, add the grated potato, sugar,vanilla, nutmeg and ginger. Mix well.
6. Add the milk and margarine. Mix well. Put in baking pans or Pyrex dishes.
7. Put on bottom shelf of oven for 35 -40 minutes. Then remove to top shelf, lowering oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
8. Cook for about 80 minutes until brown or check with a knife, which should come out clean. The top should have a jelly, sticky look.

The potato pound is similar to another all-Belizean quick and easy dessert – bread pudding – and yes, you got it – basically you substitute the grated potato in the above recipe for mashed up bread and bake for less time!

The ginger used in the above recipe and the aforementioned tablata is not only used in desserts, but is also a key ingredient in some East Indian dishes, especially those made by the descendants of the original East Indians, many of whom have intermarried with Kriol families. In particular, the yellow ginger is a delicacy used in the distinctive cohune cabbage dish.

Garnachas beliceñas

Tiempo de preparación: 10 min Tiempo total para la receta: 25 min Sirve: 10

Ingredientes

2 tazas de aceite de cacahuate (maní) PLANTERS Peanut Oil

10 tortillas de maíz pequeñas (4 pulgadas)

1/2 taza de aderezo italiano fuerte KRAFT Zesty Italian Dressing, cantidad dividida

1/2 libra de col (repollo) morada, desmenuzado (aproximadamente 2-1/2 tazas)

2 zanahorias medianas, ralladas (aproximadamente 1 taza)

2 cucharadas de vinagre de sidra

1 lata (19 onzas) de habichuelas rojas (frijoles colorados), enjuagadas y escurridas

4 onzas (1/2 paquete de 8 onzas) de queso crema PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, en cubos

3 cucharadas de queso rallado 100% parmesano KRAFT 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese