GUYANA BLACK PUDDING

by Rowena
(BVI)

INGREDIENTS
4 Yards runners (cow or pig offal)
Lime juice

Filling
2pt rice
1 grated coconut
4oz salted meat
4 tbsp chopped eschalot
2 tbsp chopped celery
6-8 tbsp chopped thyme (broad and fine leaf)
4 tbsp chopped basil (Better known in Guyana as MARRIED MAN PORK)
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
2 tbsp sugar
1 pt blood(cow)

Relish
about 4 green mangoes
1/2 onion chopped
1 red pepper
salt

METHOD
1 Clean runners with lime and salt until free from mucous.
2 Cook rice with grated coconut and salt meat.
3 Remove from heat and allow to cool.
4 Mix with chopped herbs, spice, sugar and salt to taste.
5 Strain blood over this mixture and mix together until rice is evenly coated with blood and free from lumps.
6 Fill runners using a funnel,and make quite sure that there is no space left after filling.
7 Tie ends and boil gently for about 20 minutes.Prick with s skewer to test dampness.When thoroughly cooked blood is no longer fluid but congeals around rice grains.
8 When quite finished , allow to cool and darken before brushing with oil.
9 Make relish.Slice mangoes and simmer with other ingredients until soft.
10 Serve black pudding sliced with the relish.
Makes 36 slices.