Free Recipe Ma oa and Pahua Tairo (Tahiti)
Recipe Type: T Recipes
Recipe Preparation: boil
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Recipe Serves: 1
Ingredients for Ma oa and Pahua Tairo (Tahiti) Recipe
2 Dozen ma oa [turbot snails]
-or pahua [clams]
500 g Taioro [juice of grated
-coconuts, seawater and
-shrimps]
3 Onions
2 Garlic cloves
Salt and pepper
Ma oa and Pahua Tairo (Tahiti) Preparation
Here”s an illustrative recipe from Tahitian Cooking . The turbot snails are available around here++in pet stores for something like eight bucks a pop! They might be available in a Chinese seafood market for a reasonable price. I”ll check the next time I”m up that way. The snail of the ma”oa may be extracted from the shell either by breaking the shells with a hammer or by boiling them for a few minutes if you wish to keep the shells intact. Wash the snails and remove the pocket of black matter. In the case of the pahua, a bivalve, the muscle adhering to the shell should be severed, the animal extracted from the shell, and the black matter removed. Soak in fresh water for a few hours. Mix with the taioro, then add the chopped onions and garlic plus seasoning. Serve at room temperature. [Note that there”s no mention of actually cooking the stuff… S.C.] From Tahitian Cooking , Michel Swartvagher and Michel Folco. le editions du pacifique, Papeete-Tahiti, 1980. ISBN 2-85700-062-6. Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; September 13 1992. File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/cberg2.zip
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