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Ducana, Saltfish and Chop-Up
Sweet coconut and sweet-potato ducana with seasoned salt cod and buttery spinach chop-up.
About Ducana, Saltfish and Chop-Up
Cordy's Antiguan family plate brings together sweet ducana, saltfish and spinach chop-up. Her recipe is addressed to her son and nieces abroad, continuing the food traditions described in her family account.
Coconut and sweet potato give the ducana their body, with sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla and raisins contributing sweetness and aroma. Salt cod has a savoury tomato sauce with onion, mixed peppers, garlic and cider vinegar.
Buttery spinach accompanies the dumplings and fish. Optional eggplant, long squash, pumpkin and boiled okra provide further vegetable choices around this substantial three-part plate.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Fish, Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Ducana, Saltfish and Chop-Up
Cordy's Antiguan ducana, saltfish and spinach chop-up.
- Grated coconutBase
- Grated sweet potatoBase
- SugarSweetener
- CinnamonSeasoning
- Grated nutmegSeasoning
- Vanilla extractSeasoning
- RaisinsBase
- FlourBinderIngredient page not linked
- Coconut waterLiquid
- WaterCooking medium
- Salted codProtein
- OnionAromatic
- Green bell pepperAromatic
- Red bell pepperAromatic
- Yellow bell pepperAromatic
- GarlicAromatic
- Canned tomato sauceLiquid
- Apple cider vinegarSeasoning
- Canola oilCooking medium
- ButterCooking medium
- Black pepperSeasoning
- Fresh spinachAccompaniment
- EggplantAccompaniment · Optional
- Long squashAccompaniment · Optional
- PumpkinAccompaniment · Optional
- Boiled okraAccompaniment · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Grated coconut: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual8 fresh grated coconut; same coconut water17 selected for blending rather than milk/water alternatives.
- Grated sweet potato: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cinnamon: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual11 form unspecified.
- Grated nutmeg: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Vanilla extract: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Raisins: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual14 required in this author formula; no omission offered here, unlike separate Brian source.
- Flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual15 generic flour; cereal unspecified, no forced Wheat.
- Coconut water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual17 first explicitly offered blending liquid selected over milk or plain water.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit23 ducana boiling and36-38 saltcod soaking/boiling/cooling water, retained food-contact medium.
- Salted cod: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Actual26 explicitly cod, full curing product formula unknown.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Green bell pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual28 green/red/yellow sweet pepper context, no chilli inferred.
- Red bell pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Yellow bell pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Canned tomato sauce: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual30 named prepared sauce, full formula unknown; no own manufacturing recipe supplied.
- Apple cider vinegar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Canola oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual32 expressly offered canola chosen over generic vegetable oil alternative.
- Butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual33/45 fish sauce and47 spinach shared dairy butter.
- Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fresh spinach: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual47 full qualitative steamed spinach with butter is same-author chop-up component.
- Eggplant (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual47 optionally mixed with spinach; exact separate cooking stage unprovided.
- Long squash (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual47 optional long squash; species/cultivar unestablished, broad squash only.
- Pumpkin (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual47 pictured vegetable addition and48 explicitly offered grated pumpkin in ducana. Shared named optional pumpkin allocation; no invented method for plate vegetable.
- Boiled okra (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual47 explicitly optional beside spinach; upstream boiling liquid unnamed, no additional guessed water.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Antigua and BarbudaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Antiguan and Barbudan Cuisine
- Antiguan and Barbudan CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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