Vanuatu

I drew Vanuatu a few weeks ago and was supposed to cook it on the Thursday, but due to not feeling too great I delayed it until Saturday . I finally presented the most interesting looking on the dishes to date, but have no photo evidence. Kevin deleted the memory card in error, before I had time to upload. Anyway, I wont hold a grudge, and the dish that I cant show off the photos for, beautifully served in half coconut shells was

Chicken in a nutshell

There is an easier alternative where you buy the cocunut cream and pour it over the ingredients in an oven dish and oven bake. There was a taste difference from steaming in the coconuts. We can only describe it as tasting hairier? It gave the ingredients a dry, hairy taste whilst still tasting moist. Please blog if you can describe it any better.

Jamica

It only took about thirty seconds of 'searching' before I settled on this recipe. I'd (obviously) heard of it, but I'd never tried it. Now having made it, I'll definitely be having it again.

Jerk Chicken with Rice & Peas and Festival

 

Scores (out of 10):

H: 7.0.

K: 7.5. Will definitely consider having all of the components of this meal again, but not together. Jerk chicken could become a regular but I think we'll have it with salad. 

K

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Out second recipe was took us from the Caribean to central Africa: the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Due to feeling a bit ropey I was a night late doing the recipe.

I did us a chicken dish based on a DRC recipe: Spicy Tomato and Peanut Chicken main and a Caakari dessert.

 

Scores (out of 10):

H: 6.0.

K: 5.5. The sauce on the chicken wasn't strong enough, but the Caakari could be used as a base for other deserts.

K