Admittedly we have a non traditional Christmas food but definitely buljol and bake is up there.
There are both dishes from Trinidad so we made them part of our celebrations.
Buljol is basically a fish salad type dish usually eaten after lent.
Get some salted white fish (usually cod. Morrison’s are surprisingly good at having it).
Soak overnight to get the salt out and the using a knife, strip the meat from the skin and bones.
Cut up sweet peppers and red pepper into fine cubes. Mix into the fish with olive oil and trying not to make it too wet. Serve on a dish on a bed of lettuce and sliced avocado.
Fried bake is just your ordinary bread dough (we make it with strong white flour but ymmv). Once risen, make it into balls a little smaller than the size of your palm and then fry either in a pan or a deep fryer.
If you’re feeling energetic or have lots of fish, mix in some of the shredded fish and onions into the dough before leaving it to rise and then frying. This is also yum and called accra.
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Date: Wednesday, December 20th, 2017 12:08 pm (UTC)There are both dishes from Trinidad so we made them part of our celebrations.
Buljol is basically a fish salad type dish usually eaten after lent.
Get some salted white fish (usually cod. Morrison’s are surprisingly good at having it).
Soak overnight to get the salt out and the using a knife, strip the meat from the skin and bones.
Cut up sweet peppers and red pepper into fine cubes. Mix into the fish with olive oil and trying not to make it too wet. Serve on a dish on a bed of lettuce and sliced avocado.
Fried bake is just your ordinary bread dough (we make it with strong white flour but ymmv). Once risen, make it into balls a little smaller than the size of your palm and then fry either in a pan or a deep fryer.
If you’re feeling energetic or have lots of fish, mix in some of the shredded fish and onions into the dough before leaving it to rise and then frying. This is also yum and called accra.