Caribbean Style Grilled Fish Recipe!

Ingredients:

• 1 large fish or 6 small fish (whole or steaks or fillets)
• 1 fresh hot pepper
• 1 lime or lemon (juice)
• 3 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 onion, sliced
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 teaspoon chopped parsley
• 2 tablespoons flour

Cooking Instructions:

Wash fish thoroughly in cold water. Then utilizing half salt, half lime juice, and one clove garlic, season fish and allow to stand for 2-3 hours. Pat dry and roll lightly in flour. Then place fish under grill in oven, or over grill on barbecue and grill until lightly brown, but do not allow to dry out. The larger fish will take longer to cook and should be kept further from heat to cook slower.

In the meantime, put 2 cloves garlic in a bowl and add boiling water, balance of salt, balance of lime juice, fresh chopped hot pepper and onions. Stir well and keep hot. When fish is cooked, put it into sauce. Just before serving, pour olive oil over fish in serving dish and garnish with parsley. Serve with cucumber salad.

Plantain Turnovers Recipe ~ Caribbean Style: It’s amazing how such simple ingredients can create something so tasty.

Shortcrust Pastry Ingredients:

• 150 g (6 oz) plain flour
• 1 ml spoon (1/4 teasp.) salt
• 75 g (3 oz) fat (1/2 vegetable shortening and 1/2 margarine)
• cold water to bind

Filling Ingredients:

• 4 ripe plantains
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup melted butter

Cooking Instructions:

Peel and slice plantains lengthwise thinly. Then cut into 3″ pieces. Combine sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Then melt butter in a pan over heat and allow to cool slightly. Prepare pastry and roll out on floured board.

Cut into oblong pieces approx. 21/2″x4″. Dip plantain piece by piece into melted butter and then roll into sugar mixture. Then place on to pastry rolling over and sealing at both ends with a little water. Brush with milk, place on greased cookie sheet and bake at 375F until golden brown. Serve warm.

Herb Grilled Tuna Recipe – Fresh grilled tuna coated with local herbs.

Ingredients:

• 1.30 pounds 2 fresh, yellow-tail, steaks tuna
• 1 tablespoon fresh, flat-leaf parsley
• 1 tablespoon fresh oregano
• 1 tablespoon fresh, spearmint mint
• 1 clove garlic
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 lemon
• salt & pepper

Cooking Instructions:

Start by preheating our gas grill to medium-high heat. Rinse and pat dry the tuna steaks and place them on a plate. In a ramekin, combine the herbs, and add in the garlic with our garlic press. Add the oil and salt and pepper. Using our microplane, add the zest from the lemon. The rest of the lemon we cut into slices and set aside. Then stir the sauce and put half of it in a prep bowl for drizzling on the tuna steaks at the end.

Use the remaining herb sauce to coat the steaks, rubbing it onto both sides of the tuna. Then add additional salt and pepper and grill for a few minutes on each side until desired done. Cook until the steak is medium to medium. Serve half a steak per person, with the lemon slices, and drizzled with the reserved sauce.

Servings and Times
Serves: 4 | Preparation Time: 10 minutes| Cooking Time:10 minutes – Recipe by eeecooks.com