LAVENDER BUTTERFLY PEA SYRUP
LAVENDER BUTTERFLY PEA SYRUP

I’m so excited for y’all to try this one at brunch on Saturday! This floral syrup was made specially for the mimosa bar and it has deep lavender, a hint of vanilla-like sweetness, and that dreamy natural color from butterfly pea flowers! She pretty and she got flava!

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CocktailsAdunni Ogunlanohcocktail, cocktail friday, brown drinks for girls, taste tutor, brown liquor, bourbon, whiskey, brandy, rum, cognac, garden, herbs, citrus, lavender, lemonade, lemon, fresh lemon, summertime, butterfly pea flower, spring, simple syrup, mimosaComment
PAN DE BONIATO
PAN DE BONIATO

I was first introduced to this bread at Ms. Omayra’s farm in Soroa, Cuba. It was soooo delicious and she made it without any electricity so I tried to replicate it as best I could. This is my first attempt at figuring out the recipe and I did end up using some electricity. It’s a fire-roasted boniato bread wrapped in banana leaves with coconut, warm spices, and rum. Dense, moist, rich, and somewhere between banana bread and bread pudding if they had a baby…

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Dessert, Brunch, Afro LatinAdunni Ogunlanohbaking, baked, sweet potatoes, sweet potato, white sweet potatoes, white sweet potato, sweet potato bread, boniato, pan de boniato, cuban sweet potato, cuban sweet potato bread, coconut, coconut bread, pan de cocoComment
AGBALUMO & CARDAMOM ROLLS with MIEL y MELAO MASCARPONE ICING
AGBALUMO & CARDAMOM ROLLS with MIEL y MELAO MASCARPONE ICING

West African and Cuban ingredient fusion in a delectable dessert. I just wanted to use the goodies I ordered from Nigeria and brought back from my trip to Cuba all at once y’all!

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Dessert, West African, Caribbean, Afro Latin, NigerianAdunni Ogunlanohrecipe, baking, baked, butter, cinnamon roll, cinnamon, agbalumo, agbalumo season, miel, melao, molasses, honey, canela, cuba, nigerian, nigeria, naija, cuban, cuban cuisine, nigerian cuisineComment
CORN PUDDIN'
CORN PUDDIN'

This is my hyper fixation dish lately and I know I had it at one of my elder’s house when I was a child. I just can’t remember whose house it was. My aunt told me my maternal grandmother made it all the time but I never got to try hers. I either had it at one of my great aunt’s houses or my cousin’s grandmother’s house. So this recipe is a mash up of recipes to try and get at the taste and texture I remember in my head from childhood.

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Southern Comfort, Gullah Geechee, Classic Comfort, Soul FoodAdunni Ogunlanohsouthern food, southern, south, cornbread, corn, southern cornbread, soul food, corn pudding, corn puddin, fresh corn, sweet corn, creamed corn, canned cornComment
TAPADO GARIFUNA
TAPADO GARIFUNA

I met my bestie as a freshman in college. The first time I heard her talk to her mom on the phone and she started speaking Spanish I was shocked! I said, “black people speak Spanish?!” Spanish is her first language and she was my first exposure to Afro-Latin and Garifuna culture. This is my bestie's mom's recipe for a rich Honduran seafood stew made with fish, shrimp, coconut milk, green plantains, and aromatic herbs, simmered to a comforting, tropical depth of flavor.

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Afro Latin, CaribbeanAdunni Ogunlanohrecipe, onion, garlic, seasoning, tapado garifuna, crab, seafood, seafood soup, seafood stew, coconut, coconut soup, garifuna, Honduras, Honduran cuisine Comment