Jamaican Coconut Cornbread Food

JAMAICAN COCONUT CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees, oil a 9 by 9 square baking pan and set aside. Spread the coconut on a rimmed baking sheet and bake for 3-5 minutes, then stir, bake for another 3-5 minutes if needed until coconut turns a golden brown. Transfer to a bowl to cool. Raise the temperature of the oven to 400 degrees.
• In a large bowl, stir together the coconut, cornmeal, pastry flour, baking powder, salt, and brown sugar. Break u pany clumps of brown sugar with your fingers. In a small bowl, whisk the coconut milk and egg. Stir the wet mixture into the dry mixture and transfer to the prepared baking pan, smoothing the top of the batter.Bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the cener of the loaf comes out clean. Cool on a rack.

JAMAICAN COCONUT CORN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the overn to 375º.
• Put the corn meal in a mixing bowl with the brown sugar. Sift flour, ginger, salt and baking soda, then add to corn meal.
• Mix eggs, melted butter and buttermilk together and combine with the dry ingredients then add 2/3 of the coconut. Pour into a greased and floured square pan.
• Sprinkle the remaining coconut over the top and bake 25 minutes or until done.

JAMAICAN COCONUT SNAPPER

Steps:

• Season the snapper with the salt and pepper.
• In a bowl, mix eggs, 1 1/4 cups of flour, baking powder and beer.
• On one plate put the remainder of the flour and on another plate place the coconut.
• Lightly coat snapper in flour, then dip the snapper into the beer batter, lastly heavily coat the fish in the coconut and set aside.
• Once every piece of snapper is coated in coconut, heat a frying pan with the oil and fry the fish until the coconut becomes golden brown.
• Drain the snapper on paper towels and enjoy.

COCONUT BANANA CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Combine cornmeal, flour, sugar, bakling powder, allspice and salt in a medium bow and mix well; combine the wet ingredients in another bowl.
• Mix the dry ingredients and the wet ingredients in just a few swift, confident strokes so you don't overmix; stir in coconut.
• Pour the mixture into a greased 8-inch square or 9-inch round pan and bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cut into 2-inch squares.