Readers’ recipe swap: desiccated coconut — theguardian.com

I go nuts for coconut, so this week’s theme has turned the supposedly most miserable week of the year into a round-the-world trip of brilliant breakfasts, lunches and dinners. It’s been so difficult to whittle it down, in fact, that I’d suggest going to the GuardianWitness site for a peep at all the entries. I began with a firm yet syrupy bake from Fadime Tiskaya followed by a vegan, gluten-free tropical tart from Cookeathope – so virtuous yet delicious that I consumed a slice most mornings in place of a fruit salad. I don’t think that was the intention, but I can imagine it’d make a great slimline dessert for January entertaining, too. Veggegirl’s fresh coconut chutney was the perfect foil to a spicy vegetable curry, and kept well in the fridge for several days, as did Shan McAnena’s Northern Irish Fifteens, while MizPepperpot’s jerk pork goujons worked well for dinner and stuffed into pitta bread with salad the next day.

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