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Akwadu

Name: Akwadu
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Equatorial Guinea
Ingredients: 4 Bananas; 40g Shredded Coconut; 2 tbsp Honey; 20g Butter; 3 tbsp Orange Juice; 1 tbsp Lemon juice; A pinch Nutmeg

Dessert

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Bananas baked with coconut and honey — a sweet dessert of Equatorial Guinea.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Akwadu is a baked banana dessert made in Equatorial Guinea: bananas are laid out, drizzled with butter, honey, and orange or lemon juice, topped with grated coconut, and baked. It's a quick homestyle treat eaten warm.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In an Equatoguinean kitchen, bananas with golden toasted coconut steam on a dish fresh from the oven.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Bananas 4
Shredded Coconut 40g
Honey 2 tbsp
Butter 20g
Orange Juice 3 tbsp
Lemon juice 1 tbsp
Nutmeg A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Peel the bananas and halve lengthwise.
Arrange in a buttered baking dish.
Mix the orange juice, lemon juice, and honey and pour over.
Sprinkle with coconut and nutmeg and dot with small pieces of butter.
Bake at 200°C for 15 minutes until the coconut is golden.

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