Smoked Herring:
½ lb.Smoked Herring
3 garlic cloves
1 onion, chopped finely
¾ lb.tomatoes, chopped
½ tsp.chive, chopped
½ tsp.thyme, chopped (Spanish or fine leaf)
2 tbsp.olive oil
1 hot pepper, finely chopped (optional)
Recipe: Boil the smoke herring for about 10 minutes to remove some of the salt. Remove skin; wash and squeeze the excess water from the smoke herring and break into small pieces. Cut up the rest of ingredients and set aside Saute the onion, garlic and seasonings, then add the tomatoes and cook until slightly brown. Add the flaked smoke herring and hot pepper and allow it to cook for about 10 minutes. You may not need to add salt. Add a little water to make a sauce. After it's done, mix in a bowl with chopped avocados, plate and serve.
Coconut Bake: 1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup wholewheat flour
2 tbsp. sugar
2 tbsp. yeast
3/4 cup finely grated coconut
½ -3/4 cup coconut milk
2 tbsp. melted butter or coconut oil or olive oil
1 tsp. cinnamon and nutmeg (optional)
Recipe:
Sift the flour. Add the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and dry quick yeast. Mix well.
Chop the coconut and finely the grate the coconut with a cup of water in a blender. Strain the coconut to remove most of the water. (Set aside coconut milk for use later.) Mix the flour and the coconut meat.
Mix 1/2 cup coconut milk and butter or oil.
Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and pour the liquid.
Add a little more water if necessary. Mix well, dusting a little more flour to help with the kneading. Knead to a soft dough .
Roll in a ball and placed in a bowl that is dusted with some flour.
Allow to rest until it has doubled in size.
Shape into a small ball. Place on a flat greased baking pan and roll out with a rolling pin
until the dough is about 1 inch thick. Leave to rest for another 15 minutes.
Place in an oven and bake at 250°F for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
