This vegan Panna Cotta gets its beautiful golden colour from ackee and saffron. The red berries and sauce make a gorgeous contrast both visually and in taste.
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Mini Gizzadas – Coconut Tarts
Gizzadas are a long time Jamaican favourite. These mini versions are tinted with beetroot powder for a pretty pop of natural colour.
Gizzada, Gizzarda or “Pinch me round” are a common snack in Jamaica of Portuguese origin. They’re usually the size of your palm. It consists of a circular pastry shell hand formed by a series of pinches filled with what you could call coconut “jam”.
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Ackee ice cream sandwiched by soft wholegrain cookies with caramel chips: sweet-tooths rejoice.
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Crème Brûlée gets an exotic twist with the addition of ackee! The fruit’s creamy texture melds perfectly with this custard for a silky, decadent dessert.
Vegan Irish Moss & Ackee Mousse Recipe
A vegan mousse without chocolate or avocados? Why yes! This lightly sweetened ackee mousse is chilled set with the use of Irish moss.
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Three delicious milkshakes with unusual ice cream flavour as their base: ackee!
Continue reading “Ackee Milkshakes – Three Decadent Recipes”Easy Ackee Cheesecake – For the love of Ackee
Ackee cheesecake served on top a buttery toasted sesame and orange cookie. With raspberry preserves, dulce de leche and chocolate ganache as toppings. It’s all about the love of ackee!
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This Jamaican gingerbread is loaded with flavor!
Spicy ginger kick from the trio of fresh, ground and crystallized ginger.
Plus intense color and deep flavor from unsulphured blackstrap molasses. Best of all, it’s easy to make! Left for a few days it tastes even better but it’s so irresistible that you might have to make two and hide one away from yourself for later.
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Ackee Cheesecake Brownies
When ackee cheesecake filling is swirled into dark chocolate brownie batter, the result is beautifully dramatic, rich and delicious.
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What if I told you that your favourite banana bread recipe isn’t just a banana bread recipe?
- You can make tweaks to the flours, from a 50/50 blend of white and wholewheat flours to 100% whole grain or experiment with less popularly used flours like spelt, teff, buckwheat etc
- Play with spices and flavourings (think beyond vanilla): nutmeg and cinnamon are favorites, but what about cardamom or ginger or even a Chinese 5 spice powder if you’re adventurous!
- Brown sugar is my go to for banana bread and you can choose either light or dark brown sugar for a richer molasses taste but there’s nothing to stop you from using coconut sugar or other alternative sweeteners
- Do you go for butter or oil? What about browned butter, ghee, cold pressed coconut oil or even a splash of sesame oil, say whaaaat?!?!
- Then there are all the add-ins you can throw in. From a range of chips – dark chocolate, white chocolate, caramel or butterscotch chips – to toffee bits, bits of heath bars, dried fruits, fresh berries, nuts, seeds…the possibilities are truly endless.
- Last but not least you can even sprinkle stuff on top of your banana bread before baking it. Cinnamon sugar, pearl sugar, oats, sliced bananas, streusel, crumble, even more chips!
You could literally make a different banana bread each day for a few years with just one recipe!
But when I said your banana bread recipe isn’t just a banana bread recipe, I actually didn’t meant all the add-ins and tweaks I just mentioned, I meant changing the bananas themselves! I know, I know, why are we messing with a good thing? But variety is the spice of life! And what’s better than knowing that a tried and true recipe can easily transform into another one (or few)?
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