Description
About this product
Tropical Sun Callaloo is a leafy green vegetable from Jamaica that resembles spinach. Callaloo is widely grown in Jamaica and comes here in a can.
Usage and preparation
Use callaloo as a side dish, as a filling for quiches, pancakes and omelettes, or as the base for a soup.
Recipe for 4-6 people:
- Boil 1 kg of Irish potatoes and mash them with 30 g (2 tablespoons) of margarine and 60 ml (4 tablespoons) of milk.
- Drain, wash and chop the callaloo. Add salt, Tropical Sun Ground black pepper and 15 sliced onions.
- Steam for 5-8 minutes.
- Cut 2 cans of sausages into 1 inch slices and add them to the callaloo. Steam for another 2-3 minutes.
- Slice 500 g of tomatoes (1 lb).
- Layer the mashed potatoes, callaloo, sausages and tomato slices alternately in a baking dish until it is full. Finish with a smooth layer of mashed potatoes.
- Dot with pieces of margarine and bake for about 20 minutes at 180 °C, or until light brown.
Ingredients
Nutritional values
| Nutritional value | per 100 g |
| Energy | 86 kJ |
| Fat | 0 g |
| of which saturates | 0 g |
| Carbohydrate | 3 g |
| of which sugars | 1 g |
| Fibre | 3 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Salt | 0.6 g |
