Pineapple Rum Beans Coconut Lime Sweet Potatoes Recipes

PINEAPPLE RUM BEANS FROM THE GREAT VEGAN BEAN BOOK

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
• Add the onion and sauté until translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Add the garlic and sauté for 1 minute more.
• Add the pineapple, beans, rum, thyme, paprika, marjoram, and cumin.
• Cook over medium heat until it starts simmering and then decrease the heat to low and cover. Simmer for 25 to 35 minutes, until the flavors meld.
• Season with salt, pepper, and cayenne.

PINEAPPLE WITH LIME AND COCONUT

Steps:

• Combine coconut flakes with lime zest. Toast in a small skillet or in a toaster oven until coconut is golden brown remove from heat to a plate and reserve. Add lime juice, water, sugar and ginger to the pan or a small sauce pot. Bring to a bubble and dissolve the sugar. Remove syrup from heat and let stand.
• Cut pineapple into bite-size chunks and arrange on a plate. Peel and slice the kiwi into thin disks and arrange on pineapple. Scatter lime-scented toasted coconut over the fruit and drizzle the syrup down over the fruit in a slow, even stream.

PINEAPPLE RUM BEANS OVER COCONUT LIME SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• PINAPPLE RUM BEANS Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and sauté until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and sauté for 1 minute more. Add the pineapple, beans, rum, thyme, paprika, marjoram, and cumin. Cook over medium heat until it starts simmering and then decrease the heat to low and cover. Simmer for 25 to 35 minutes, until the flavors meld. Season with salt, pepper, and cayenne. COCONUT LIME SWEET POTATOES If using baked sweet potatoes cut in half and scrape the flesh into a saucepan (or just add if boiled). Mash the potatoes with the coconut milk and lime zest and juice until smooth. Taste, add salt and pepper, and taste again. You can add more lime juice or coconut milk if needed. Add TJ'S coconut chips to taste.

PINEAPPLE-COCONUT CAKE WITH RUM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
• Beat 1 1/2 cups sugar, 1 cup butter, eggs, and vanilla extract together with an electric mixer until well blended. Beat on high speed, scraping the bowl occasionally, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Sift flour and baking powder together in a separate small bowl. Combine milk and 1/3 cup rum in another bowl. Add liquids and flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately, blending well after each addition. Fold in pineapple and coconut gently. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cake begins to pull from the sides of the pan and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Remove from the oven, invert onto a plate, and cool for 10 minutes. Poke holes on the top of the cake using a wooden skewer.
• While cake cools, combine 1 cup sugar, 1/4 cup butter, and 1/4 cup water in a saucepan for glaze. Bring to a boil over medium heat and continue to boil, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in 1/4 cup rum.
• Pour 1/2 of glaze in the bottom of the Bundt® pan, carefully reinvert the cake back into the pan on top of the glaze. Drizzle remaining glaze onto the bottom of the cake; let sit for 5 to 10 minutes to absorb glaze. Invert cake onto a cake platter.

SWEET POTATO, COCONUT AND PINEAPPLE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Drain pineapple, reserving 1/4 cup juice; pour into small bowl. Add sugar, pumpkin pie spice and butter; stir until blended.
• Place sweet potatoes in 9-inch square baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; top with pineapple chunks. Drizzle evenly with sugar mixture. Sprinkle with coconut and nuts; cover.
• Bake 35 to 40 min. or until sweet potatoes are heated through and coconut is lightly browned, uncovering after 30 min.

SWEET POTATOES & PINEAPPLE COCONUT-"NAPLES STYLE"

Steps:

• peel and dice sweet potatoes.
• add juice from pineapple can to sweet potatoes, sauté at med-high, in butter and pineapple juices, cook till fork tender.
• add remaining ingredients to pot and cook 5 minutes until fully blended. salt and pepper to taste.
• serve as a side dish or add whipped cream for dessert or add soup (see above comments) and/or fruit ingredients.

PINEAPPLE, COCONUT, BANANA RUM DELIGHT

Steps:

• Place milk and pineapple chunks in blender and blend to mix the milk into the pineapples. This will have a slight chunky texture.
• Place in a very large bowl or pot with all the rest of the ingredients except for the optional seltzer.
• Mix and pour into 3 gallon freezer ziplock storage bags. Freeze overnight.
• Place into a punch bowl the icy mixture. You can add the optional seltzer if it`s to strong or to sweet for you. I kept it on the side for my guests to have an option to add if they want.

PINEAPPLE COCONUT POTATOES

Steps:

• Drain pineapple, reserving juice. In a large bowl, combine the pineapple, potatoes, 3/4 cup coconut and onion. Transfer to a greased 1-qt. baking dish; set aside., In a small saucepan, whisk the brown sugar, flour, salt, ginger, vinegar, soy sauce and reserved pineapple juice until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Pour over potato mixture and toss to coat. , Cover and bake at 350° for 65-70 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Sprinkle with remaining coconut. Bake, uncovered, for 10 minutes or until lightly browned.