Food of Grenada

Answer 1

Our national dish is the oil down, a delicious mixture of meats, spices and vegetables. It is a comfort food which is very filling . This is just one of the many ways you can prepare oil down.Give it a try or better yet come and pay us a visit in Grenada it is worth it.

Ingredients

• 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 whole habanero pepper
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 garlic clove
• salt
• saffron
• leaves of calaloo

Directions

1. 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.

1. 2

Wash and peel the breadfruit, cut into eight sections, remove the center lengthwise of each section, cut into 1/2" slices.

1. 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.

1. 4

Cover pot with calaloo leaves and bring to a boil.

1. 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).

1. 6

When cooked liquid should be absorbed and breadfruit mixture will look mushy.

1. 7

Remove pepper before serving.