Breadfruit Oil Down (grenada)

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs salted meat (beef, pig snout, pig tails, etc, you can also use salted ham or salted cod fish)
• 1 (2 -3 lb) breadfruit
• 4 cups coconut milk
• 1/2 cup sliced celery
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme
• 1/2 cup chopped chives
• 1/2 cup pimento pepper (seeded and chopped)
• 1 whole congo hot pepper or 1 whole habanero pepper
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 garlic clove
• salt

Recipe

• 1 put salted meat into a pot with water. bring to a boil and drain, repeat three times to remove preserving salt. cook until almost tender. drain.
• 2 wash and peel the breadfruit, cut into eight sections, remove the center lengthwise of each section, cut into 1/2" slices.
• 3 sauté onions and garlic in hot oil until onions are translucent. add chive thyme and salted meat, hot pepper and 3 cups coconut milk.
• 4 cover pot and bring to a boil.
• 5 reduce heat and simmer for about 45 minutes until breadfruit is cooked and tender; add more coconut milk if necessary and put salt to taste. (salt may not be necessary since the salted meat flavours the dish).
• 6 when cooked liquid should be absorbed and breadfruit mixture will look mushy.
• 7 remove pepper before serving.