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Vanuatu

Lap-lap, coconut crab and Melanesian pit cooking.

Iconic recipes

Banana-leaf wrapped grated-root cake with coconut cream and meat.

Manioc-and-pork roll wrapped in banana leaf and slow-cooked — a celebratory ni-Vanuatu dish.

Espiritu Santo beef braised with island vegetables and coconut cream until rich and tender.

Pounded baked banana or breadfruit drizzled with hot coconut cream — comfort dessert of the islands.

Vanuatu's 'chicken-flavoured' reef fish poached in coconut cream with lime and chili.

Cassava-and-banana dumplings wrapped in island cabbage leaves and steamed in coconut cream.