Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- 4 ounce (100 grams) butter
- 2 cup (14 ounce can 450 ml) Coconut Milk
- 4 cups (1 liter) whole milk
- ¾- 1 (165-220 grams) cup brown sugar
- 1 cup (200 grams) white sugar
- 3 teaspoons spices (, nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice)
- 3 cups (450 grams) cornmeal
- ½ cup (64 grams ) all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (225 ml) water
- 2 tablespoons or more dark rum (, optional)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla essence (, optional)
- ½ cup raisins
- 1 cup (225 ml) coconut milk
- 1/2 cup (110 grams) brown sugar
- 2 ounce (57 grams) butter
Instruction
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 10- inch baking pan and set aside.
- In a large sauce- pan add butter, coconut milk, milk, sugar, spices, and salt. Bring to a boil. Remove coconut milk mixture from the heat.
- In a large bowl combine cornmeal, flour and salt, then add a cup of water and stir. You may add rum and vanilla at this point, if desired.
- Scoop out some coconut milk mixture and add to the cornmeal mixture about a cup at a time until mixture is smooth (you might have to add about 2-3 cups).
- Gradually whisk in cornmeal mixture to the saucepan, a little at a time while stirring with a whisk to prevent any lumps.
- Now return the cornmeal mixture to the sauce- pan. Bring to boil and simmer continue stirring frequently- for about 6-8 minutes, to prevent lumps and burns.
- Remove from heat add about 1/2 cup raisins . Pour or scoop out mixture into the prepared baking pan. Bake for about 60 minutes or a toothpick inserted turns out clean.
- Serve with coconut sauce.
- Soft Top
- In a small saucepan combine 1-cup coconut milk, ½ cup brown sugar and ¼ cup butter. Let it melt and simmer for about 2 minutes. Set-aside until ready to use.
- If making a soft top remove cornmeal pone from oven after 30 minutes of cooking , prick cornmeal with a tooth pick and pour about ½ or all the coconut sauce mixture to the pan.
- Return to the oven and bake for about 20 minutes more or until a tooth inserted comes out clean and the top is bubbly.
- Let it cool before serving.