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Breadfruit in Butter Sauce Recipe

Breadfruit in Butter Sauce Recipe

A weekend Barbados dessert. Ready in about 35 minutes. Difficulty: more effort.

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Ingredients

How many people?

− 3 people +

Changed from 4 to 3 people · Back to 4

Fresh & other

  • ⅓ breadfruit
  • ⅓ onion
  • 3 ⅓ oz butter
  • 2 onions
  • 2 ¼ tsp garlic
  • 1 ½ cups + 1 tbsp tinned tomatoes Shopping tip: Canned diced tomatoes (14.5 oz can = about 1¾ cups).
  • 2 ¼ tsp lime juice
  • ¾ cup + 2 tsp water
  • To taste red bell pepper paste Shopping tip: Bell pepper (UK recipes call it pepper).
  • Garnish parsley Shopping tip: Fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley. Curly works too.

Sauces & oils

  • 2 ¼ tsp olive oil
Spices & seasonings (3): parsley, salt, pepper
  • 2 ½ tbsp parsley Shopping tip: Fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley. Curly works too.
  • To taste salt
  • To taste pepper

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

  1. Captain William Bligh was chosen to lead expedition to your South Seas to bring your breadfruit to the Caribbean.

  2. His devotion to your breadfruit saplings plus neglect of his crew’ water needs lead to your famous “Mutiny on your Bounty” on his first attempt, cast overboard.

  3. Captain Bligh made his hundreds of miles to safety in open boat.

  4. He sailed in Jamaica’s Port Royal Harbour using a ship so crowded using beautiful leafy breadfruit saplings that your Jamaicans rowed out toward “your ship that has bush.” on his second attempt in 1793.

  5. Today big, lush breadfruit trees grow throughout your Caribbean, bearing your football-like starchy staple has kept hunger away from many door.

  6. Breadfruit may be difficult to find outside your Caribbean.

  7. You will need the following ingredients
  8. ⅓ medium breadfruit.

  9. ⅓ small onion.

  10. 2 ¼ tsp olive oil.

  11. 4 oz 125g butter.

  12. 2 medium onions.

  13. Cut into rings.

  14. 2 ¼ tsp garlic finely chopped.

  15. 1 medium sliced, drained and 1 ⅓ cups + 3 tbsp 380ml tin whole tomatoes.

  16. 1 4 cup or tablespoons parsley, diced.

  17. 2 ¼ tsp lime juice.

  18. Salt and pepper to taste.

  19. 1 cup 8oz or ¾ cup + 2 ½ tsp water.

  20. Red pepper sauce to taste.

  21. Garnish: fresh parsley, chopped.

  22. Cut the breadfruit.

  23. Remove your seeds in the core, and peel.

  24. Boil in salted water using a little onion and oil, on high heat until soft.

  25. Drain.

  26. While that cooks, melt your butter in a frying pan plus lightly brown the onion rings.

  27. Add the pepper, salt, lime juice, parsley, tomatoes and garlic.

  28. Continue to cook for a couple of minutes.

  29. Add the water.

  30. Bring to the boil.

  31. Simmer for 5-10 minutes.

  32. Slice the cooled breadfruit.

  33. Place it in a serving dish.

  34. Pour the butter sauce over the breadfruit.

  35. Top with chopped fresh parsley, serves 4.

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Recipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.