WHEN I?m not selling Abaco real estate and splashing around in the crystal clear sea, one of my favorite things to do is cook.
Abaco is blessed with an abundance of fresh seafood, which lends itself well to both local and imported dishes. The sweetest conch, crawfish, grouper and a wide variety of other fish are found in the Sea of Abaco. Here are some of my favorite recipes.
Cut the conch, and vegetables into ¼ inch dice. Mix the eggs, flour and baking powder and seasonings with sufficient fresh cream or evaporated milk to form a fairly firm batter. Combine all ingredients and allow to rest for 15 min. prior to deep frying. Note: Clams, squid or crawfishmay be used instead of conch. Serves 8.
Boil your crawfish about 20 minutes and dice into bite size pieces. Keep the shells intact for stuffing. Dice your veg and mushrooms, and sauté them in a little butter or olive oil. In a separate pot combine milk and cheese and heat gently until cheese melts. Add crawfish and vegetables in butter with melted mixture and mix well. Stuff the mixture into the shells and bake for about 40 minutes or until top is a little golden.
Alternative- Put mixture into a baking pan and top with crushed Ritz crackers and pour about ½ cup of melted butter over Ritz. Bake for the same amount of time as above.
Let that marinate for at least an hour Grill until tender, about 7-8 minutes per side, Or according to your preference.
Mix well together and enjoy!
Cook rotini according to directions on box and drain. In the meantime put oil in medium or large frying pan and add onions and garlic along with oregano, basil, thyme, and rosemary. Fry down until onions are clear. Generously season shrimp with chili powder and black pepper. Add to frying pan. Add two small bay leaves. Let that fry together for about 7 minutes. Add cream of mushroom soup and stir. Simmer for about 5 minutes. Add rotini to shrimp mixture and mix well to coat rotini with creamy sauce. Serve and enjoy. You can serve this with garlic bread or dinner rolls.
Chicken Salad
Perfect for an Abaco picnic
Boil chicken until done. Cut up fine. Add finely chopped onion and green pepper and remaining ingredients. Add the salt to your liking. Eat with lettuce or on dinner rolls.
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Boil chicken until done. Cut up fine. Add finely chopped onion and green pepper and remaining ingredients. Add the salt to your liking. Eat with lettuce or on dinner rolls.
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Old Recipes Still Revered Today
When Lee Pinder moved to the Bahamas from Ohio almost 50 years ago, she fell in love with the taste of the Bahamas.
A resident of Cherokee Sound, Abaco, she loves the juicy, sweet fresh tomatoes of Abaco.
Many of the recipes she treasures were compiled by Abaco women, the majority of whom have sadly passed on. The ladies compiled the cookbook, First Abaco Cooks.
?Their recipes were simple, but delicious and prepared with items found in any pantry,? says Lee.
Here, Lee shares some of her favorites.
8 med. size conch,
cleaned and put through a food grinder (can also be bruised and cut into chunks)Myrtle Albury
Cherokee Sound,
Abaco
When I was a little girl Daddy had a garden and every summer he
grew lots of tomatoes. Momma would put the biggest part of
them up in mason jars for the family?s use during the long winters.
The skins were saved to make wine, which was clear as gin, but
packed quite a wallop. Then there were the last pickins of green
tomatoes that she cut floured, seasoned and fried. But,
my favorite were the ones she stewed with sugar and served hot
over big thick slices of homemade bread. Island cooks gave
this delicacy a name and served it to their families over their big
light doughs that are almost a must with some native dishes, i.e.
pigeon, turtle or whelk stew. This recipe is one of the comfort
foods that goes back a long way.
In a separate bowl mix
½ box (8 oz.) of Corn Starch with a little water,
but only enough to stir (don?t make it too thin)
drizzle into boiling pot stirring continuously
until thickened.
Remove from heat and let cool a little and add
l tin of sweet milk
1 tin of Carnation cream
4 slightly beaten eggs
1 oz. of vanilla essence
¼ lb. of butter
Pour mixture into two large pans and
bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until lightly browned
Some like it with a meringue which should be put
on about 14 min. before done so it can brown, or
also can be served with whipped cream or Cool Whip.
Teressa Pinder
Cherokee Sound,
Abaco
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