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Fa'apapa

Name: Fa'apapa
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Samoa
Ingredients: 250g All-purpose flour; 100g Shredded Coconut; 200ml Coconut cream; 80g Sugar; 1 tsp Baking Powder; A pinch Salt; To taste Water

Dessert

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐

Grated coconut and flour baked into a humble Samoan coconut bread.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Fa'apapa is a traditional Samoan bread-sweet of grated coconut, flour, coconut cream, and sugar baked flat. It was originally wrapped in banana leaves and baked in the umu stone oven. Dense with a toasty coconut sweetness, it's served at Sunday to'ona'i and church events.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Sunday in a Samoan village, flat coconut bread is lifted from the stones of the umu, sliced, and handed out to everyone.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

All-purpose flour 250g
Shredded Coconut 100g
Coconut cream 200ml
Sugar 80g
Baking Powder 1 tsp
Salt A pinch
Water To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the flour, desiccated coconut, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
Add the coconut cream, adding water little by little if needed, to make a dough that holds together.
Flatten into an oval about 2cm thick.
Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
Bake at 180°C for 35–40 minutes and slice.

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