Ackee Dip ---- A Jamaican Appetizer---- Recipe

Ackee Dip ---- A Jamaican Appetizer----

From minitindel 16 years ago

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15 minutes to make
Serves 8

The ackee dip is an impressive tasting Jamaican appetizer. It is perfect for that social occasion. It's so easy to make no one will know....if you want to add some extra spice to kick it up a notch go for it .... Read more ........... The akee (Blighia sapida) from Africa is a favorite in Jamaica but the fleshy arils are poisonous until fully exposed to light. The seeds are always poisonous.you can buy it safely on the net ........ When it is fully mature, it splits open revealing 3 cream-colored, fleshy, glossy arils, crisp, somewhat nutty-flavored, attached to the large, black, nearly round, smooth, hard, shining seeds–nonnally 3; often 1 or 2 may be aborted. The base of each aril is attached to the inside of the stem-end of the "jacket" by pink or orange-red membranes. See less

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lemon
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pepper
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Ingredients

2 - Cups boiled ackee shopping list
2-1/2 -tbsps grated cheddar cheese shopping list
2 - table spoons onion shopping list
1/2 - tsp lemon juice shopping list
Salt and hot pepper to taste .............. shopping list

How to make it

Mash ackee ................
Combine and mix with other ingredients
Chill in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours before serve
Serve on Jamaican crackers or crumpets.................... enjoy

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elgab89 Toronto, CA
mark555 Center Of The World Ma' Center Of The World, KS
lanceoferin Blackshear, GA
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quaziefly 16 years ago
We used to have an Ackee tree in our back yard. Thank you for sharing this recipe. Also for the smiles.
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5thsister 16 years ago
Wouldn't know where to find ackee but wanted to say I had ackee and saltfish when I was in Jamaica last June and LOVED it!
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elgab89 ate it and said...
This is a great recipe - I had something similar in the Caribbean, never made it myself. Great description, too.
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" It was excellent "
mark555 ate it and said...
I too was ignorant about ackee, while everything looks great, it is one that I can safely say I will never make. I have never seen an ackee in any store in the area and if I ask I know the produce clerk will just say “God Bless You”

Thank you.

Mark
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jimrug1 16 years ago
Great Recipe. I had an Akee/fish dish at a Jamaican resort a few years ago. The texture was a little funky for me but it was quite tasty. I will look for it at our international foods store here and try this recipe. Oh.. Nice pic of the aliens in the tree. Reminds me of my GF after two glasses of your potion 69......;-)~
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justjakesmom 16 years ago
I don't know what it is but it sure looks good. (you little world traveler, you!)
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markeverett 16 years ago
Here's my ignorance...I have no idea what an Akee is!
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lanceoferin ate it and said...
My father had an Akee tree in his back yard in S. Florida. He used to make them like scrambled eggs and add crisp bacon. It was a real good breakfast. I know that this is a great recipe. The Akee is a mild flavored soft nut meat that will be wonderfully enhanced with the other ingredients. And the texture will be perfect. Thank you for sharing with marvelous recipe. It is a keeper.
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This is a great recipe - I had something similar in the Caribbean, never made it myself. Great description, too.

elgab89 in Toronto loved it
I too was ignorant about ackee, while everything looks great, it is one that I can safely say I will never make. I have never seen an ackee in any store in the area and if I ask I know the produce clerk will just say “God Bless You”

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mark555 in Center Of The World Ma' Center Of The World loved it
My father had an Akee tree in his back yard in S. Florida. He used to make them like scrambled eggs and add crisp bacon. It was a real good breakfast. I know that this is a great recipe. The Akee is a mild flavored soft nut meat that will be wonderfu...more

lanceoferin in Blackshear loved it

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