Appetisers and Desserts

Cassava crisps

Cassava crisps

Cassava crisps Ingredients Fresh cassava roots Oil for deep frying so preferably somthing like sunflower oil Salt Cassava chip utensils mandolin slicer or equivalent, to create the thin slices of cassava required deep frying pan skimmer to remove the fried cassava...

Ripe plantain fries

Ripe plantain fries

Fried plantains are also known as ripe plantain fries or misolè (Douala, Cameroon), Misoa (Bassa, Cameroon) and more names that will surely add. Ripe Plantain Fries - Ingredients Fresh ripe plantains, oil (palm, peanut or sunflower oil), salt (I personally don't put...

Plantain Crisps or Chips

Plantain Crisps or Chips

Story There are two types of plantain crisps: the most common ones today are made of ripe plantains and are sweet. But the original African ones are made from unripe plantains and are salted. To me they are definitely the best. They are both sliced into tin round...

Pineapple Cake

The recipe for Pineapple Cake For 6 people Preparation: 30 minutes Cooking: 30 minutes Ingredients 200 g of butter 200 g of flour 250 g of sugar 5 eggs Liquid bitter almond Liquid vanilla aroma 1 ton of sliced pineapple 1 sachet of baking powder Preparation Melt the...

Caramelised peanuts

Caramelised peanuts

Story Caramelised peanuts are a very sweet Central African appetizer  As its name implies, it is made of peanuts and sugar caramel itself preferably made from water. When the caramel has hardened on them, the peanuts are broken into portions that can now be eaten....

Corn and banana dumplings (Benin, Cameroon)

Corn and banana dumplings (Benin, Cameroon)

Corn and banana dumplings are a Benin meal that has been exported to and adapted in Cameroon. This is one of the possible recipes, as healthy as a fry-up could get 😉 with some adaptations for the gluten-free world as I tested this when I was on a gluten-free diet....

Coconut and cassava dumplings (Madagascar)

Coconut and cassava dumplings are found and bought a lot in the streets of Madagascar. Since we can not all have the privilege of travelling there to enjoy their lovely taste, we should rejoice in the fact that we can now make them at home with this recipe 🙂 For 6...