
Honduras / Soup
Conch soup
Conch soup in coconut milk with cassava and plantain. The Garifuna cooking of the Caribbean coast.
Ingredients
- Conch or squid700 g
- Coconut milk600 ml
- Cassava400 g
- Green plantain2
- Carrots2
- Onion1
- Garlic5 cloves
- Bell pepper1
- Coriander30 g
- Achiote1 tsp
- Limes2
- Vegetable oil40 ml
- Salt and pepperto taste
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 7 steps
Pound the conch with a mallet and cut it into small pieces. Squeeze lime over it.
Fry the onion, garlic and pepper in oil with the achiote until soft.
Add half the coconut milk let down with water and bring it up.
Add the conch and simmer forty minutes, until tender.
Add the cassava, plantain and carrot in large pieces and cook twenty minutes.
Add the remaining thick coconut milk and warm it five minutes without boiling.
Scatter with coriander and serve with lime and fried plantain.
