Breadfruit in Butter Sauce Recipe
If you've got breadfruit, tinned tomatos and parsley, you're most of the way to this dessert: about 150 minutes of cooking across 27 steps. Scroll down for the ingredient checklist, a serving scaler and unit converter, and the method broken into 27 steps.
You'll mainly reach for frying pan / skillet and pan. At involved difficulty across 27 steps, it's worth setting aside proper time for.
What you'll need
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Diet: not verified. We could not confirm breadfruit from the ingredient list, so we make no dietary claim for this recipe.
Contains: Dairy
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How to make it
- Captain William Bligh was chosen to lead an expedition to the South Seas to bring the breadfruit to the Caribbean.
- His devotion to the breadfruit saplings and neglect of his crew’s water needs lead to the famous “Mutiny on the Bounty” on his first attempt. Cast overboard; Captain Bligh made his way hundreds of miles to safety in an open boat.
- On his second attempt in 1793, he sailed into Jamaica’s Port Royal Harbour with a ship so crowded with beautiful leafy breadfruit saplings that the Jamaicans rowed out toward “the ship that has bush.”
- Today large, lush breadfruit trees grow throughout the Caribbean, bearing the football-like starchy staple that has kept hunger away from many a door. Breadfruit may be difficult to find outside the Caribbean.
- You will need the following ingredients:
- 1/2 medium breadfruit
- 1/2 small onion
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 oz/125g butter
- 3 medium onions, cut into rings
- 1 tablespoon garlic finely chopped
- 1 medium 16floz/500ml tin whole tomatoes, drained and sliced
- 1/4 cup or 3 tablespoons parsley, diced
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup 8oz or 250ml water
- Red pepper sauce to taste.
- Garnish: fresh parsley, chopped.
- Instructions:
- Cut the breadfruit, remove the seeds in the core, and peel. Boil in salted water with a little onion and oil, over high heat until tender and drain.
- Meanwhile, melt the butter in a frying pan and lightly brown the onion rings.
- Add the garlic, tomatoes, parsley, lime juice, salt, and pepper.
- Continue to sauté for a couple of minutes.
- Add the water, bring to the boil and simmer for 5-10 minutes.
- Slice the cooled breadfruit and place it in a serving dish. Pour the butter sauce over the breadfruit.
- Garnish with chopped fresh parsley.
- Serves 4
You'll use: Frying pan / skillet · Pan · Saucepan
Ingredient substitutions
- Butter
- olive oil (¾ the amount) · coconut oil · margarine
- Lime
- lemon
Tips & common questions
How long does Breadfruit in Butter Sauce Recipe take to make?
About 150 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 27 steps and 14 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of butter?
Try olive oil (¾ the amount). See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Breadfruit in Butter Sauce Recipe suitable for my diet?
We make no dietary claim for this recipe: at least one ingredient could not be resolved to a definite plant or animal source, so labelling it either way would be a guess. The full ingredient list is above.
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