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Paime

Name: Paime
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Saint Lucia
Ingredients: 200g Corn grits; 150g Pumpkin; 80g Shredded Coconut; 100g Brown sugar; 40g All-purpose flour; 150ml Milk; 40g Butter; 1 tsp Cinnamon powder; A pinch Nutmeg; 1 tsp Vanilla Extract; To taste Banana Leaves

Dessert

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Cornmeal, pumpkin, and coconut steamed in banana leaves — a Saint Lucian sweet.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Paime is a traditional Saint Lucian sweet: cornmeal is mixed with grated pumpkin or sweet potato, coconut, sugar, and spices, wrapped in banana leaves, and steamed. Similar to Barbados's conkies, it's made for celebrations and family gatherings.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Saint Lucian kitchen, small banana-leaf parcels come out of the steamer and open to reveal orange dough.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Corn grits 200g
Pumpkin 150g
Shredded Coconut 80g
Brown sugar 100g
All-purpose flour 40g
Milk 150ml
Butter 40g
Cinnamon powder 1 tsp
Nutmeg A pinch
Vanilla Extract 1 tsp
Banana Leaves To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Grate the pumpkin.
Mix the corn grits, flour, coconut, dark sugar, and spices.
Add the pumpkin, melted butter, milk, and vanilla and mix.
Place 3 tbsp each on softened banana leaves and wrap.
Steam for 1 hour.

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