Main picture: A taste of
Dominica. Left, the freshest fruit and vegetables in Grenada with, below, Caribbean flavours from Guadeloupe and Cayman Islands
HOT TIP: But wherever you eat, and whatever you choose, be sure to try the Caribbean’s most famous drink - rum
CUBAN FRIED CHICKEN (POLLO FRITO) From Cuba Whole chicken, garlic cloves, oregano, onion, sour orange juice, dry white wine, olive oil, pepper, salt, Adobo seasoning, fresh parsley and juice from one lime. Source:
www.islandflave.com
A TRUE CARIBBEAN DISH
1. Peas ‘n’ Rice - not peas as we would know them, but kidney beans or gungo beans mixed with rice and cooked in coconut milk. Eaten across several islands, but particularly popular in the Bahamas.
TO PUT YOU IN THE MOOD...
...some great traditional Caribbean recipes. For full details of ingredients and how to cook them, visit
www.caribbean.
co.uk and go to ‘Dining and Cuisine’. Happy cooking!
CHICKEN ORIENTAL from Guyana With crushed garlic cloves, grated fresh root ginger, dark rum, white wine, fresh/canned pineapple chunks and peanut oil. Source: Walkerswood Caribbean Kitchen cookery book
STUFFED BAKED PAW-PAW/PAPAYA from The Bahamas Semi-ripe papayas, halved and de-seeded, grated Cheddar or Edam cheese, vegetable oil, onion, garlic cloves, lean minced beef or lamb, egg, plum tomatoes, and Walkerswood
Jerk Seasoning served with a mixed leaf salad and rice. Source: Walkerswood Caribbean Kitchen cookery book
BLAFF
from Martinique and Guadeloupe Whole snapper, tilapia, sea bream or similar fish, lime, onion, garlic cloves, Walkerswood Scotch Bonnet Pepper Sauce or Jonkanoo Pepper Sauce, bay leaves, fresh thyme sprig and Walkerswood Allspice. Serve with rice. Source: Walkerswood Caribbean Kitchen cookery book
STOBA DI CABRITO From Curaçao Salt beef, vegetable oil, lamb (traditionally goat), onion, garlic cloves, green pepper, habanero chilli, tomatoes, sugar, fresh lime juice, freshly ground nutmeg, annatto oil (ruku) and potatoes. Source:
www.fiery-foods.com
2. Jerk meats – a Jamaican speciality where pork or chicken is marinated in spices and barbecued slowly in an outdoor pit. Roadside jerk centres can be seen across the island.
3. Conch – conch is popular across islands like the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands and is eaten in several ways – deep fried, grilled, marinated, curried or raw with salad.
4. Roti – a popular takeaway snack comprising a tortilla-type wrap containing curried meat and potato. This is also popular as a vegetarian dish, filled with pumpkin and chick peas.
5. Saltfish – dried salted cod which is quite popular across a number of islands as fish cakes, steamed in banana leaves or as stews. On Jamaica, ackee and saltfish, combining the fruit of the ackee tree with flaked saltfish, is the island’s national dish and generally eaten for breakfast.
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