Bahamas Guava Duff
I just finish culinary school so this year for father s day i want to make my father a bahamian meal from start to finish.
Bahamas guava duff. Peel and core guavas. Ingredients 12 15 large guavas cored and peeled 3 cups flour 4 teaspoons baking powder teaspoon salt cup sugar cup butter cup cooking oil 2 eggs separated 2 teaspoons vanilla. Add sugar to taste.
This springy and tasty steamed duff pudding is a traditional favorite in the bahamas where it is made with fresh guavas and served with a sweet rum butter sauce. The term duff referred not only to the dough like consistency used to make the pudding but also to its form. Entirely edible from its yellow skin to its signature soft pink or white center even the guava s seeds are utilized in some.
This authentic recipe is a little complex but completely worth the time. It s a fairly complex recipe which requires an hour to cook the duff so it s not one to attempt until you have plenty of time to spare but the effort really is worth it. The first time i had guava duff is at a family reunion in the bahamas in 2009 and i loved it.
My roots on both my father and mother is bahamian. Rake n scrape in de kitchen. The guava is one of the few indigenous fruits to the bahamas preceding the arrival of christopher columbus in 1492.
Real bahamian guava duff bahamian cooking ingredients the duff 3 cups flour 1 3 cup sugar 1 2 tsp. This recipe has been posted for play in cq3 bahamas. Guava duff is a signature dessert of the bahama islands.
Bahamian guava duff recipe. Bahamian guava duff spongy soft slices of guava spiraled dough are served warm with sweet butter rum sauce in the classic bahamian dessert guava duff. 12 guavas peeled 1 2 cup sugar 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp allspice ground 4 cups flour 3.
Salt 1 3 cup baking powder 1 egg 1 2 water 1 2 cup evaporated milk 3 guava flesh the sauce. I have seen food fights breakout at the mention of the word. A successfully finished duff is more or less a solid substantial product.
I had this dish one time on a business trip to the bahamas. The modern bahamian guava version is a boiled pudding often wrapped in an obliging pillow case made from the sweetened peeled and sectioned guava fruit. It is titled surprise guava delight from the kitchen of vernice cooper.
Beat butter crisco with sugar then beat in egg yokes. This recipe is from the 1986 edition of the bahamian cookbook. Rub cores through sieve to obtain some of the pulp and mix with cut up guavas.
