Guyanese Quinches || Quenches #stayhome #quarantineeats- Episode 240

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground chicken

Ground turkey is lower in fat, while ground chicken is often more affordable.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is a healthier fat option, while margarine is often less expensive.

scotch bonnet pepper

🥗Healthier: jalapeño

💰Cheaper: serrano pepper

Jalapeños provide heat with less intensity, while serrano peppers are often cheaper.

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: cake flour

Whole wheat flour adds fiber, while cake flour can be less expensive.

In a heavy-bottomed pot, pan roast freshly grated coconut over medium heat for about 5-10 minutes until golden brown.

Add freshly ground nutmeg and grated ginger to the coconut and mix well.

Turn off the stove and mix in brown or white sugar and vanilla, then add red food coloring and mix well.

Set the coconut filling aside to cool.

Peel and chop fresh cassava into chunks, then grate it on the finest side of a grater.

Place grated cassava into a tea towel or cheesecloth over a bowl and squeeze out all the juice until a powdery flour-like substance is left.

Break up any lumps in the cassava flour mixture to achieve a powdery texture.

Using a 3-inch cookie cutter, place 2-3 tablespoons of cassava flour mixture in the cutter and compact it down.

Add the coconut filling on top of the cassava layer in the cutter, then add more cassava flour mixture on top and compact it down again.

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