Blaff
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- 6 allspice berries, crushed
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 Scotch Bonnet-type chile, pricked with a fork
- 6 limes, juiced
- 4 small red snappers, scaled and cleaned with the heads on
- 1 1/2 quarts water
- 1 small onion, sliced
- 1 bouquet garni: 1 sprig fresh thyme or 1/4 teaspoon dried, 2 chives, 1 sprig parsley
- Prepare a marinade of salt and pepper, half the allspice, 1 garlic clove, chile, and half the lime juice.
- Place the fish in a bowl, cover with the marinade, and set aside for 1 hour.
- When ready to cook, place all of the remaining ingredients except the other half of lime juice and fish in a heavy pot and bring to a boil.
- When the water is at a rolling boil, place the fish in the liquid (listen for the blaff!)
- and allow it to return to the boil.
- Remove the fish and serve them in bowls covered with their cooking liquid and the remaining lime juice.
- Blaff is traditionally served with white rice.
salt, berries, garlic, scotch, red snappers, water, onion, bouquet garni
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/blaff-recipe.html (may not work)