Jamaican Festival - flour

Method

• Sift the first four ingredients.
• Add the cornmeal and sugar. Add vanilla to the water.
• Add the water to the dry ingredients, binding to form a soft dough.
• Knead lightly.
• Leave, covered, for 30 minutes.
• Divide the dough into 8 portions.
• Flour hands.
• Knead lightly then roll and pull each portion to form a 6 x 1 1/2-inch length about 1/8-inch thick.
• Dip Festival in flour and cornmeal mixture, then fry in plenty of hot oil until golden brown.
• Pierce with a fork while frying.
• If serving with fried fish, fry the Festival after the fish in the same oil.
• Makes 8.