Garlic Pork is a traditional Christmas dish of Portuguese origin, very popular in Guyana and Trinidad where the Portuguese settled.
This garlic pork recipe makes a great family meal when served with vegetables, peas, carrots, and corn together with Basmati rice. Give it a try, you will be happy you did. Garlic Pork Recipe Ingredients:
2 lbs. spare ribs or pork butt
1 sprig fresh thyme, chopped
1 whole fresh hot pepper
¼ lb. garlic
2 tablespoons salt
2 ½ cups white vinegar
How to Make Garlic Pork:
Cut pork into small pieces (do not wash, keep clear from any water.) Crush garlic and mix with thyme and put into a large glass jar with a wide mouth. Then add salt and put pieces of port into jar. Top with vinegar and allow to stand unrefrigerated for about 3 weeks. Then remove from brine, drain well (squeeze dry if necessary) and fry in hot oil. Serve immediately as finger food with drinks.
Recipe by:Yolande Cools-Lartigue author of The Art of Caribbean Cooking.
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Deviled eggs or stuffed eggs is a quick recipe that is easy to make and tastes great. This recipe is based on the classic formulation of the deviled eggs recipe with a little Caribbean flavor and twist added to it. The same recipe my grandma used to make some of the most delicious deviled eggs, in fact I have been known to devour a dozen of these in minutes.
I’m particularly fun of this deviled eggs recipe because it’s not spicy at all and as such is a good choice for small family and friends get-togethers where there are children and you’re catering to a wide variety of tastes.
Below is a basic recipe, but there are so many wonderful variations you can make in the Caribbean alone. I encourage you to give one of the many deviled eggs recipe a try, add your own personal spin on it and tell us about it in the comments.
Deviled Eggs Recipe Ingredients:
4-6 eggs
1 tablespoon mayonnaise
1 dash hot pepper sauce
¼ teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon onion juice
4 stuffed olives, sliced
Deviled Eggs Recipe Instructions :
Put eggs into a sauce pan and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil and cook for ten minutes. Remove from heat and discard hot water and allow cold water from tap to run over egg until cool. Remove shell and cut eggs in half. Remove yolks to a plate. Mash with a fork and then add mayonnaise, pepper sauce, pepper, butter, onion juice, salt. Mixture should be the consistency of a thick paste. Using a tube or spoon, stuff the egg whites with the egg yolk mixture. Chill for a couple of hours. Then serve garnished with olive slices or parsley.
Recipe by:Chef Yolande Cools-Lartigue; Author of The Art of Caribbean Cooking.
Video: How To Make Deviled Eggs
As I mentioned earlier, there are many different ways of making deviled eggs – below is a short step by step video on how to make deviled eggs; as always you can add your personal touch.
Lemon Bisque is a quick and simple Caribbean recipe made from Lemon Jello powder, lemon juice, evaporated milk, butter, sugar and graham cracker crumbs.
Lemon Bisque Recipe Ingredients:
1 lemon Jello powder
1 Lemon juice and rind
1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs
1 tin evaporated milk
¾ cup hot water
½ cup melted butter
½ cup sugar
Lemon Bisque Recipe Instructions :
Prepare crust by mixing crumbs with melted butter. Line dish. Dissolve jello powder into ¾ cup hot water. Chill until partly jelled only. Place evaporated milk, bowl and beaters in fridge and allow to get very cold. Beat milk until fluffy. Add partly jelled jello, juice and rind, as well as ½ cup sugar beating all the time. Pour into dish with crumb mixture. Chill well and cover with some crumbs.
Recipe by:Chef Laurel – Ann Morley; Author of Cooking with Caribbean Rum.
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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