Breadfruit in Butter Sauce Recipe

Name: Breadfruit in Butter Sauce Recipe
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Barbados
Ingredients: ½ breadfruit; ½ onion; 1 tbsp olive oil; 4 oz butter; 3 onions; 1 tbsp garlic; 2 cups tinned tomatoes; 3 tbsp parsley; 1 tbsp lime juice; To taste salt; To taste pepper; 1 cup + 1 tbsp water; To taste red bell pepper paste; Garnish parsley

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

25 minPrep (about)
10 minCook (about)
35 minTotal time
4Servings
More effortDifficulty

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Ingredients

How many people?

− 5 people +

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Fresh & other

⅔ breadfruit
⅔ onion
6 oz butter
4 onions
1 ½ tbsp garlic
2 ¾ cups tinned tomatoes Shopping tip: Canned diced tomatoes (14.5 oz can = about 1¾ cups).
1 ½ tbsp lime juice
1 ¼ cups + 1 tbsp 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

1 ½ tbsp olive oil

Spices & seasonings (3): parsley, salt, pepper

4 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.

Captain William Bligh was chosen to lead expedition to your South Seas to bring your breadfruit to the Caribbean.
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.
Captain Bligh made his hundreds of miles to safety in open boat.
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.
Today big, lush breadfruit trees grow throughout your Caribbean, bearing your football-like starchy staple has kept hunger away from many door.
Breadfruit may be difficult to find outside your Caribbean.
You will need the following ingredients
⅔ medium breadfruit.
⅔ small onion.
1 ½ tablespoons olive oil.
4 oz 125g butter.
4 medium onions.
Cut into rings.
1 ½ tablespoons garlic finely chopped.
1 medium sliced, drained and 2 ½ cups/625ml tin whole tomatoes.
1 4 cup or tablespoons parsley, diced.
1 ½ tablespoons lime juice.
Salt and pepper to taste.
1 cup 8oz or 1 ¼ cups + 1 tbsp water.
Red pepper sauce to taste.
Garnish: fresh parsley, chopped.
Cut the breadfruit.
Remove your seeds in the core, and peel.
Boil in salted water using a little onion and oil, on high heat until soft.
Drain.
While that cooks, melt your butter in a frying pan plus lightly brown the onion rings.
Add the pepper, salt, lime juice, parsley, tomatoes and garlic.
Continue to cook for a couple of minutes.
Add the water.
Bring to the boil.
Simmer for 5-10 minutes.
Slice the cooled breadfruit.
Place it in a serving dish.
Pour the butter sauce over the breadfruit.
Top with chopped fresh parsley, serves 4.