About this dish
A soft, buttery, slightly sweet folded bread made with coconut milk — famously split open to hold a beef patty.
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Ingredients
🌾500g plain flour
🥥300ml warm coconut milk
🍬3 tbsp sugar
🍞7g instant yeast
🧈60g butter, melted, plus extra for brushing
🧂1 tsp salt
Method
Serves 21
Mix the flour, sugar, salt and yeast, then add the warm coconut milk and half the melted butter.2
Knead for 8–10 minutes until smooth, then leave to rise for 1 hour.3
Divide into 8, roll each into an oval and brush with melted butter.4
Fold each oval in half, place on a tray and prove for 30 minutes.5
Bake at 190°C for 15–18 minutes until lightly golden and brush with more butter.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Coco bread is sold in every Jamaican patty shop; a patty tucked inside coco bread is one of the island's best-loved quick lunches.
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