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Kallalloo

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Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 pounds salt meat, hambone, pigtail, fat pork
  • 1 1/2 pounds fresh fish
  • 3 pounds spinach or mixed greens
  • 2 crabs or 1 corned conch
  • 12 okras
  • 1 large onion
  • 1 sprig thyme, parsley, celery, piece of hot pepper
  • 2 tablespoons vinegar

Directions

  1. Boil salt meat until tender in three quarts of water. Boil fish, remove bones and add to stock. Add crabs.
  2. Put greens, okra without the stems and tips, onion and garlic through grinder. Add to stock and boil rapidly for about 30 minutes. The addition of vinegar prevents the appearance of slime.
  3. Do not skim while boiling.
  4. Serve with fungi.