Papua New Guinea Dessert Recipes

SAKSAK (PAPUAN SWEET SAGO DUMPLING)

Steps:

• Mix the ground sago and the 4 ripe bananas together well.
• Heat the banana leaves over the fire to soften them.
• Cut the banana leaves into little rectangular pieces and wrap the sago in these pieces.
• Pop the wrapped sago into boiling hot water in a pot.
• Let these boil for about 20 minutes.
• Prepare another pot of creamed coconut milk.
• Squeeze the milk out of the 6 coconuts and boil this milk until it comes to boiling point.
• Take the sago out of the boiling water, unwrap it from the banana wrap and drop the sago into the boiling coconut milk.
• Let cook for another 20 minutes.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA BAKED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• After mashing the cooked sweet potato, mix in the butter, onion, milk, cinnamon, salt and pepper to taste.
• Separate the egg whites from the yolks.
• Beat them separately. Fold the egg yolks into the mashed potato followed by the egg whites.
• Place mixture in a greased baking dish.
• Brush the top with butter and bake in the oven with the dish placed in a pan of water for 30 to 35 minutes at 325°F.

TALAUTU

Steps:

• Crack coconuts and save juice in a bowl.
• Scrape 2 or 3 coconuts' flesh into the juice in the bowl.
• Wash, peel and cut pineapple in half lengthwise.
• Remove core and scrape into coconut flesh and juice into the bowl.
• Add lemon juice and sugar.
• Stir thoroughly.
• Serve in coconut shells.