The Pacific Islands Cookbook


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Baked Ripe Breadfruit  
Tininon Lemai  
Breadfruit cooked on open fire)  
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Select a soft ripe breadfruit. Wash, and place whole breadfruit in pan  
containing just enough water to keep pan from burning. Bake in moderate  
oven 350º F for one hour. Remove from oven. Pull out core and stem. Cut  
breadfruit into half and season with margarine, salt and pepper or margarine  
and brown sugar. If preferred, remove core and stem before baking.  
Wash and dry breadfruit. Place over open flame. Turn every 10 to 15  
minutes until skin turns black all over. Place breadfruit when done on a flat  
dish and flatten. Remove the core and serve with butter.  
UOG/GCE  
Note: Nutritional values for this recipe are similar to one cup serving  
on the preceding table.  
Note: Nutritional values for this recipe are similar to one cup serving  
on the preceding table.  
Steamed Breadfruit  
Breadfruit Chips/Fries  
Remove stem, core and also the rind if desired, from a soft-ripe  
breadfruit. Cut into halves or quarter, place in covered steamer until  
thoroughly cooked. Season with margarine, salt and pepper.  
Use a breadfruit that is mature green. Pare and slice the solid part as  
you would for potato chips/fries. Soak chips in ice water for half an hour.  
Remove and dry between towels. Fry in hot oil (395ºF, 202ºC.) until golden  
brown. Drain on paper towel and add salt to taste.  
Note: Breadfruit may be steamed in a pressure-cooker saucepan, for  
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0 to 15 minutes at 15 lbs. pressure for very soft fruit. Firm-ripe fruit should  
be cooked 20 to 30 minutes, depending upon the degree of ripeness.  
Nutritional values for this recipe are similar to one cup serving on the  
preceding table.  
Note: High in fat due to frying in oil.  
Lorraine M. Aguon/Extension Home Economist/UOG/CALS  
Boiled Breadfruit  
Remove core of one mature green breadfruit, wash and place  
breadfruit in a big pot. Cover with 6 cups of water or just enough to cover  
breadfruit. Boil until soft. Peel, cut and serve as white potatoes.  
Note: Nutritional values for this recipe are similar to one cup serving  
on the preceding table.  


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