Cassava root preparation
Dominica · Kalinago

Cassava Bread

A Taíno flatbread of grated cassava pressed dry and baked on a hot griddle.

Préparation
60 min
Cuisson
20 min
Total
80 min
Pour
6
Difficulté
Avancé
Type
En-cas

Ingrédients

6 personnes

Préparation

  1. 1

    Grate the cassava finely and press out all liquid in a cloth or matapi.

  2. 2

    Sieve the dried pulp into a light flour.

  3. 3

    Spread on a hot griddle in an even round and cook until it sets and lifts.

  4. 4

    Flip and dry the second side until crisp at the edges.

Astuces

  • Only sweet cassava should be used at home; bitter cassava requires traditional processing.

Nutrition

Valeurs par portion · Calculées

calories
198 kcal
protéines
1.6 g
glucides
48 g
lipides
0.4 g
fibres
2.2 g
sucres
2 g
sodium
210 mg
Cassava
L'ingrédient derrière cette recette

Cassava

Caribbean Pantry

The oldest staple of the Caribbean, cultivated long before contact.

Origine
Indigenous to the Amazon and the Antilles
Saveur
Neutral, waxy, faintly sweet
Calories / 100 g
160 kcal
Saisonnalité
Year-round

L'histoire de cet ingrédient

Taíno communities processed bitter cassava into cassava bread thousands of years ago. That flatbread survives today in Dominica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

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