Hangi
Album photoTools and ingredients
- paper to start the fire
- firewood
- shovel
- big volcanic rocks or heavy iron pieces
- metal basket
- jute cloths
- cabbage or leek leaves
- kumara
- pumpkin
- potatoes
- stuffed chicken
- stuffed lamb
Recipe
Dig a hole in the ground slightly bigger than the metal basket. Fill it with balls of paper then kindlings. Stack the middle-sized logs into five layers. Put the volcanic rocks on top of it as well as the basket if you wish to sterilise it.
Light the fire.
It takes about 2h for the fire to burn down. From time to time check that the stack stays vertical to make sure the stones fall into the hole.
Now that it's burning, soak the jute cloths in water. The fabric must be completely wet. Dress the basket : eatable leaves at the bottom (cabbage, leek, banana or breadfruit depending where you are in the world) and stuffed meat (with garlic and rosemary). Chop the potatoes into large chunks and wrap it in a mutton cloth. Put it on the top of the basket.
Take out the unburned logs and part of the ambers. Rearrange the stones on top of the ambers to make a nice platform for the basket.
Put the basket on the hot stones and pour a bowl of water to wet the food. Act quickly now while laying the jute cloths to cover the basket then cover the all thing with soil, starting with the edges. There should be no steam coming out of the heap.
After 2h of cooking, you can dig out your dinner carefully. Dig in mate !