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{{Short description|Polynesian pudding}}
{{Distinguish|Poi (dessert)}}
{{Infobox food
| name             = Poʻe
| image            = Banana Poke 20231111 103845 (Cropped).jpeg
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| alternate_name   = Poke
| country          = [[Polynesia]]
| region           = [[Cook Islands]], [[Easter Island]], [[French Polynesia]]
| creator          = 
| course           = Dessert
| type             = [[Pudding]]
| served           = 
| main_ingredient  = Fruit [[purée]], [[starch]], [[coconut cream]]
| variations       = 
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}}

'''''Po‘e''''' or '''''poke''''' is a [[Polynesia]]n [[pudding]] usually eaten as a dessert.

==Etymology==
The Tahitian word ''po'e'' is derived from the proto-Polynesian root ''poke'' which means "to mix", "to knead".<ref>{{cite book |title=POLLEX-Online : The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online|last=Greenhill|first=Simon J.|last2=Clark|first2=Ross|publisher=Oceanic Linguistics|pages=551-559|language=en|year=2011}}</ref> It is still called ''poke'' in all Polynesian languages except in the [[Tahitian language]] and in the [[Austral language]] on the island of [[Raivavae]] where the glottal stop (written as an apostrophe ') has replaced the voiceless velar stop (k).

==Preparation==
Traditionally po'e was made by cooking and mashing [[bananas]] into a smooth consistency and mixing together with [[arrowroot]] flour.<ref>{{cite book | last=Lal | first=B.V. | last2=Fortune | first2=K. | title=The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia | publisher=University of Hawai'i Press | series=The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia | issue=v. 1 | year=2000 | isbn=978-0-8248-2265-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T5pPpJl8E5wC&pg=PA33 | access-date=September 3, 2018 | page=33}}</ref> The mixture was wrapped in banana leaves and baked in an [[earth oven]] until set into a pudding-like consistency, cut into smaller pieces and served together with [[coconut cream]]. Modern versions of the recipe replace bananas with other fruits such as [[papaya]], [[mango]] or squash<ref>{{cite book | author=Society of Ethnobotanists (India) | title=Ethnobotany: Journal of Society of Ethnobotanists | publisher=M/S Deep | issue=v. 1-4 | year=1989 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xy09AAAAYAAJ | access-date=September 3, 2018 | page=5}}</ref><ref>Spasifik {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20200219221429/http://spasifikmag.com/spasifikrecipes/meakai/ Me'A Kae: Flaovours of the Pacific]}}</ref> and using [[cassava]]<ref>The definitive Cook Islands website [http://www.ck/food/0109.htm Cook Islands Recipes, Poke – Traditional sweetener supplied by Mereana Hutchinson, Rarotonga]</ref> or [[corn starch]] as the thickening agent.

==See also==
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* [[Kulolo]] – a traditional Hawaiian dessert, made from grated taro and coconut milk baked into a pudding
* [[Poi (dessert)|Poi]] – a similar traditional banana dessert, from Samoa

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.whats4eats.com/desserts/poe-recipe Po'e recipe] at [http://www.whats4eats.com/ W4E]

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[[Category:Pascuense cuisine]]
[[Category:Puddings]]
[[Category:Fruit desserts]]
[[Category:Cuisine of French Polynesia]]
[[Category:Coconut desserts]]
[[Category:Polynesian cuisine]]


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