3 eggs ½ cup white sugar ¼ cup butter, melted ½ teaspoon salt ⅓ cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 2½ cups mashed sweet potatoes (fresh or canned, heaping cups) 2 tablespoons fresh lemon or orange juice 1 pie shell (9-inch), unbaked ½ cup pecan halves, optional
Begin by beating the eggs and sugar, and then add melted butter, salt, milk, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Once that is mixed, incorporate mashed sweet potatoes and fruit juice before pouring into a pie shell. Garnishing the dish with pecans is optional. Place the pie in a 400-degree oven for 10 minutes, reduce the heat to 375 degrees and bake for an additional 40 minutes or until it’s golden brown on top.
Bob Marley’s Rastafari heritage and values were honored in the food he ate. Ital food is to be as fresh as possible, and free of additives like preservatives and other chemicals, and often without meat or dairy as well.
Something like this recipe, inspired by Marley, would have been seen often on tour, where he was known to travel with a personal chef.
Ingredients:
2 cans kidney beans, drained
1 cup water
2 1/2 cups coconut milk
1-2 tbsp ground allspice
1/2 tsp white pepper
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, diced
2 sprigs thyme
10 okra, sliced
2 sweet potatoes, large dice
1 potato, large dice
3 carrots, chopped
1 can corn
10 oz butternut squash (or pumpkin), cubed
Optional: scotch bonnet pepper
Instructions:
1) In a large pot or Dutch oven, add coconut milk and water, and bring to a simmer.
2) Add kidney beans, pepper, allspice, garlic and scotch bonnet pepper (if using). Simmer for a few minutes.
3) Add onion, thyme, butternut squash and okra. Simmer for a few minutes.
4) Add potatoes corn and carrots. Simmer about 25 minutes. Serve alone or with white rice.
Tip! The original recipe did not call for any salt, but I did add some at the end.
Full disclosure, he’s a spokesperson for Maestro Dobel Tequila, so of course he has his own cocktail recipe, and it’s a spicy one…
Ingredients:
1 ½ oz. Maestro Dobel Tequila
1 oz. Cointreau
½ oz. simple syrup
½ oz. lime juice
½ oz. Tabasco sauce
Egg white (optional; it gives the cocktail some body and froth)
Jalapeño pepper slices
For garnish Cilantro & Sea salt (optional)
Instructions: Fill a shaker halfway with ice. Combine all ingredients (except jalapeño and salt) and shake. Strain into a salt-rimmed rocks glass and garnish with jalapeño slices and cilantro. Pair with fresh oysters and top with a small spoonful of caviar, or just enjoy as is!
Tip!