Luau Palusami (American Samoa)

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   PREPARING THE CREAM:

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   Scrape 5 fresh coconuts into the baking tin.

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   Bake in oven until brown.

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   Add 1 cup of warm water.

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   Squeeze with a thin cloth or tauaga to get cream.

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   Add salt and onion to personal taste.

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   PREPARING THE LUAU PALUSAMI:

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   Get taro leaves. (You will need 4 leaves for one luau.Use 1 big leaf and 3 or 4 smaller leaves. You can break a bigger leaf to make a smaller leaf.) Lay the 4 pieces flat with the big one on the bottom and the 3 smaller ones on top.

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   Place leaves in hand and close hand slightly to make leaves in a bowl-like shape, into which you pour the cream.

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    Pour ~ a small cup of coconut cream inside the leaf structure and close outside edges of the leaves to enclose the cream, making the leaves like a ball-like structure.

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    Wrap total package in aluminum foil, twisting the top to conceal and hold the package tight.

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    Put in oven and cook for about an hour at 475 degrees F. (quite high).

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