I can remember going to this friend’s house, and every week his grandmother will put a fresh bottle of Hot Pickles on the table at every meal (including breakfast). Until one day I tried one…and let me tell you – damn that’s hot and spicy!
Cut each pepper into strips of four lengthwise. Place in wide mouth jar. Add onions, carrots, beans, clove and salt. Then pour vinegar to cover ingredients filling it to the top. Seal and allow it to stand for 24 hours and use as required.
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4 pounds local fish such as yellow tail, alewife or snapper
Scallion
Fresh thyme
Ground black pepper
Salt
Flour or cornmeal
Method:
Grind scallion, thyme, black pepper and salt to taste. Season fish, then coat fish with flour or cornmeal. Deep fry at 370 for 5 to 8 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with local hot pepper sauce.
Nutrition: 154 calories, 6 grams fat, 31 milligrams cholesterol and 323 milligrams sodium per serving (approximate with 1-1/2 teaspoons salt used for recipe).
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Ajiaco is a very old-fashioned stew-like dish, incredibly tasty and nutritious, which features several of the most typical root vegetables used in traditional Hispanic Caribbean cuisine. This dish is so hearty that it can be served as the only dish in a meal, especially if it is served for lunch. It is so simple and easy to make, you must try it!
1 lb beef (flank or round beef for stewing, cut in 1″ chunks)
2 Tbs vegetable oil for braising the beef
2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
½ tsp salt or to your taste
2 to 4 cups of water
Method:
Season the beef with salt and generously with garlic powder. Peel and cut all the vegetables. Braise the beef with cloves of garlic in a large pot; then add water and cook for 10 to 15min.
Add all the other ingredients, add the rest of the water, cover, and simmer slowly over medium-low heat for 20 to 30 minutes, or until beef is tender. Serve with fresh lime wedges in deep soup bowls.
Chefs Tip:
You can use a pressure cooker and cut the cooking time almost by half. Just put the lid on the cooker after you have braised the beef and added all the ingredients. Cook for 15 minutes after the cooker’s pressure valve begins to whistle and rock. Use 1st quality round or flank beef.
Dip it in the stew to soften it as you enjoy this heartiest of meals. Enjoy!
Serves 10 – 12.
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The recipes are easy to follow and came out great. What will instantly catch your eye about this book are the vibrant colors and the accruacy of the photos used. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is either a novice or pro in the kitchen, or for anyone interested in trying their hand at cooking Carribean cuisine.
The quality of the recipes is right up there with the Sugar Mill cookbook, but this book focuses mostly on a simpler, narrower type of cooking. It's easy to whip up these recipes with little or no notice, but they'll satisfy your tastebuds for days on end. If you're looking for something new to do with your grill, this will certainly qualify!
The recipes in island cooking cookbook are great and easy to follow. It has allowed me to keep in touch with my Caribbean roots by trying out and tasting the delicious recipes. I would recommend this book to my family and friends.
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About Caribbean Food
The Caribbean on a whole brings to you a unique ethnic and topical collection of foods mix together with herbs and spices. These Caribbean recipes have evolving throughout the years due to the various cultural influences in the art of Caribbean cooking. Caribbean people love food and music. These foods are spicy or mild reflecting the taste of the individual. Some dishes are delicate in taste, subtle in flavor, reflecting years of cross cultural influences.
Caribbean cooking really is a world of its own. Caribbean recipe blog has a larger collection of traditional Caribbean cooking recipes from all the different Caribbean islands, if each island unique way of cooking these recipes. Enjoy and learn more about Caribbean cuisine.
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