vegetable
Pixbae Bread Recipe
September/18/07 09:10
Here is the recipe for
Pixbae bread. It is a delicious and moist bread that
is tasty for breakfast. In fact I had it for
breakfast this morning and my children "taxed" me so
much that I had to go and get another piece which
they again taxed. The joys of motherhood! This bread
is delicious if it is a little on the undercooked
side so it has moist pudding like pockets - but be
careful as it needs to be cooked through. We eat it
as is, or toasted with a little butter. This recipe
came originally from my Uncle Richard's first wife,
Joan. I have fond memories of this bread growing up
and eating it around the holidays. My dad likes it
toasted with butter the best.
3 cups sugar
3 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoon allspice
4 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
12 ounces pureed pixbae (or sweet potato or pumpkin)
2 teaspoons baking soda
3 tablespoons water
1 cup chopped nuts
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees or 340 for a convection oven. Blend dry ingredients through allspice. Add the eggs, vegetable oil, and pureed vegetable. Dissolve the baking soda in the water and add to the mixture. Add the chopped nuts. Pour into a large loaf pan or two small loaf pans. Bake for about one hour or until firm on the outside.
3 cups sugar
3 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoon allspice
4 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
12 ounces pureed pixbae (or sweet potato or pumpkin)
2 teaspoons baking soda
3 tablespoons water
1 cup chopped nuts
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees or 340 for a convection oven. Blend dry ingredients through allspice. Add the eggs, vegetable oil, and pureed vegetable. Dissolve the baking soda in the water and add to the mixture. Add the chopped nuts. Pour into a large loaf pan or two small loaf pans. Bake for about one hour or until firm on the outside.
Pixbae - loaded with nutrition
September/18/07 08:56
Pixbae, as
Bactris gasipaes is called here in Panama is a
delicious but somewhat difficult to cook species of
palm native to the tropical forests of the South and
Central America. You can read a ton about it here in
Wikipedia. It is a mean
looking tree but it produces some delicious
food. The tree has spines on it which are like
long needles and are not something you want to
encounter in a body part. The fruit of the tree
comes in season once a year. The natives cook it
in boiling salted water and then use it like a
potato. We have taken things to the next level.
We take the fruit, cook it in the boiling salted
water, and then peel it and puree it. Once
pureed, we use it as you would use sweet potato
or pumpkin. We have made a pie, ice cream,
salad, and a delicious bread. When one of the
trees falls, we take advantage of it and use the
heart of the palm in salads. Yummy! Here is the
link for the bread we
make here at Tranquilo Bay.