Introducing tropical food and tropical recipes to the world!
I should start with a disclaimer here: this is not a “tropical recipe” per se. However it features my most favourite tropical ingredient (chocolate!) as well as some other tropical wonders (coconut, vanilla). The greatest thing about this recipe is that it is suitable for celiacs and lactose-intolerant people. …
Name: Coconut crumble
Foodie: Maryse
As autumn is upon us and we long for the long hot summer nights, we need comfort food. In my case, comfort desserts! …
I have no particular background story to tell you here. It was one of those Saturday afternoons, I was craving for a finger food kind of meal and I had just bought decent size frozen shrimps (supposedly jumbo ones). The first thing I saw when opening my food pantry was a pack of unsweetened, fine shredded coconut so I figured: why not bread those shrimps with coconut?
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Name: Blanc-manger coco
Eaten in: French Caribbean
Foodie: Gen
Blanc-manger coco (pronounced “blan manjay coco”) is one of the lightest, creamiest and most delicious dessert that you will encounter in French Caribbean countries such as Haiti, Guadeloupe or Martinique. The main ingredients are regular (dairy) milk as well as coconut milk combined together with gelatine and then refrigerated to obtain a jelly-like cake or elegant individual verrines.
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