Bake & Saltfish – A Classic Guyanese Breakfast

The classic Guyanese breakfast – bake & saltfish with a hot cup of green tea.

Cooking Directions

Whole Wheat Bake (8 – 10 bakes)

Ingredients:

• 3 cups of self-rising flour
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 table spoon of butter
• quarter tea-spoon of salt
• 1 table spoon sugar (or less if you don’t want to make it too sweet)
• oil to fry – enough to keep the bake afloat in the pan

Cooking Steps:

• mix all ingredients together
• knead into a dough with water
• cover with a kitchen towel and leave to stand for about 10 – 15 minutes
• divide dough into about 10 pieces
• roll each ball into a 4-5 inches diameter
• fry in hot oil until golden brown on both side (giving each side about a minute to fry)

Salt Fish

Ingredients:

• 1 lb boneless salted fish
• 2 eschallot
  
• 1 medium onion
• 2 wiri wiri pepper
• 1 teaspoon fine thyme
  
• 2 tablespoon oil for frying saltfsh
• 2-3 medium red tomatoes

Cooking Steps