{"id":11561,"date":"2026-06-26T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/?p=11561"},"modified":"2026-06-19T12:13:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T11:13:17","slug":"african-cuisine-poisson-braise-an-iconic-dish-from-central-and-west-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/african-cuisine-poisson-braise-an-iconic-dish-from-central-and-west-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"African Cuisine. Poisson brais\u00e9, an iconic dish from Central and West Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Here&#8217;s how to prepare poisson brais\u00e9, grilled fish, accompanied by atti\u00e9k\u00e9, fermented cassava similar to couscous, an iconic dish from Central and West Africa, particularly the Ivory Coast. Excellent for summer dinners or lunches.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ttime: 1 hour (+ 1 hour marinating)<\/p>\n<p>Serves: 4<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>500 g atti\u00e9k\u00e9 (cassava couscous)<\/p>\n<p>4 whole fish (tilapia, dorade, or sea bream), cleaned and scaled<\/p>\n<p>1 onion, sliced<\/p>\n<p>3 tomatoes<\/p>\n<p>2 tablespoons vegetable oil<\/p>\n<p>Salt and pepper to taste<\/p>\n<p>2 cloves garlic<\/p>\n<p>1 tablespoon grated ginger<\/p>\n<p>1 tablespoon mustard<\/p>\n<p>2 tablespoons vegetable oil<\/p>\n<p>1 teaspoon chili powder<\/p>\n<p>Tomato paste to taste<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First, prepare the marinade by mixing a grated garlic clove, ginger, mustard, oil, chili pepper, salt, and pepper. Make incisions on the sides of the fish to help absorb the marinade, then spread it both inside and out. Let the fish rest in the refrigerator for at least an hour. Then, grill the fish or cook in a preheated oven at 200\u00b0C (400\u00b0F) for about twenty minutes. Meanwhile, saut\u00e9 the finely chopped onion in oil in a pan. Add the diced tomatoes and tomato paste. Cook over medium heat for 10-15 minutes. Stir in the atti\u00e9k\u00e9 to the resulting sauce. Season with salt and pepper.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nigeria. The Zobo Drink<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Delicious and refreshing, Zobo is a Nigerian drink made from hibiscus leaves with their distinct red colour, ideal for summer. Here&#8217;s how to prepare it in just twenty minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Time: 20 minutes<\/p>\n<p>Serves: 3-4 people<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>300 gm dried hibiscus leaves,<\/p>\n<p>1 litre water,<\/p>\n<p>400 ml pineapple juice,<\/p>\n<p>1-2 blended ginger roots,<\/p>\n<p>2 cloves,<\/p>\n<p>1 cinnamon stick,<\/p>\n<p>1 teaspoon black peppercorns,<\/p>\n<p>200 ml orange juice, ice cubes<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparation<br \/>\n<\/strong>Rinse the hibiscus leaves and add them to a pot with water, ginger, cloves, black pepper, and cinnamon. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer for about ten minutes. Remove the pot from the heat and let the mixture cool to room temperature. Strain the liquid through a sieve. Add the pineapple and orange juice to the strained hibiscus juice. Chill the drink in the refrigerator and serve with ice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s how to prepare poisson brais\u00e9, grilled fish, accompanied by atti\u00e9k\u00e9, fermented cassava similar to couscous, an iconic dish from Central and West Africa, particularly the Ivory Coast. Excellent for summer dinners or lunches. Ttime: 1 hour (+ 1 hour marinating) Serves: 4 Ingredients: 500 g atti\u00e9k\u00e9 (cassava couscous) 4 whole fish (tilapia, dorade, or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}