Keshy Yena Coe Galinja

Name: Keshy Yena Coe Galinja (Cheese with Chicken Stuffing)
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Cuisine: Americas
Ingredients: ¾ pint chicken stock, about; 2 medium onions, finely chopped; 1 oz. butter; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 4 lb. Edam cheese; 3½-4 lb. chicken, cut into pieces; 2 green bell peppers, seeded and coarsely chopped; 1 large tomato, peeled, seeded and chopped; 1 fresh hot green pepper, seeded and chopped; Salt, freshly ground pepper; 1 tablespoon seedless raisins; 2 or 3 chopped gherkins; 1 oz. freshly made bread crumbs; ¼ pint tomato purée

Cheese with Chicken Stuffing

Preparation info

Serves
6 to 8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Complete Book of Caribbean Cooking

By Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz

Published 1973

About

Ingredients

4 lb. Edam cheese
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 oz.<

Americas
Main course
Caribbean

Method

Peel the red wax covering from the cheese, cut a 1-inch slice from the top, hollow out the slice and reserve. Scoop out the cheese leaving a shell about ½ inch thick. Cover the shell and top slice with cold water and soak for an hour. Store the scooped out cheese for another use.

Heat the oil and butter in a frying pan and sauté the chicken pieces lightly. Transfer the chicken to a sauc