caribbean food and drink recipes - preferably simple

[tweenyb]

hiya im having a theme party and want lots of caribbean food and drink recipes - preferably simple ones buffet and main meals as is going to be in stages. also i need a cake recipe i heard of one recently that had tias maria and white rum but cant find a recipe all help appreciated t xx

[Cinnabon]

How about seasoned chicken?
I made it last week for the first time and it was soo easy and tasty.
Get some chicken, olive oil and All purpose seasoning (Tropical Sun Brand)
Mix all ingredients and put in the oven.
Mmmmmmm

[funnygirl]

You can have mini patties!

You can either make these or get them from a caribbean bakery.

Curried mutton is another dish from the caribbean with plain white rice.

Jerk chicken or pork.

Serve with green salad and home made coleslaw.

[Abdulmajid]

Get some Jamaican cake (Lyons are very good) and simply soak in rum and have some whipped cream.

It will be like a Caribbean tira misu and very nice too!!!

Also how about some simple chicken marinated in Reggae Reggae sauce (remember the guy for Dragons Den???)

Very simple but very apt.

[luxury]

Hi Tweeny,
If you have a BBQ do Jerk chicken. It needs the smokey flavour of the bbq btw... but you can oven it if you don't have a bbq or smoker.

1 tablespoon Ground allspice
1 tablespoon Dried thyme
1 1/2 teaspoons Cayenne pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons Freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons Ground sage
3/4 teaspoon Ground nutmeg
3/4 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons Garlic powder or fresh
1 tablespoon Sugar
1/4 cup Olive oil
1/4 cup Soy sauce
3/4 cup White Vinegar
1/2 cup Orange juice
1 Lime juice
1 Scotch bonnet pepper (habanero)
3 Green onions -- finely chopped
1 cup Onion -- finely chopped
4 to 6 chicken breasts

Seed and finely chop Scotch Bonnet pepper. Trim chicken of fat. In a large bowl, combine the allspice, thyme, cayenne pepper, black pepper, sage, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt, garlic powder and sugar. With a wire whisk, slowly add the olive oil, soy sauce, vinegar, orange juice, and lime juice.
Add the Scotch Bonnet pepper, onion, and mix well. Add the chicken breasts, cover and marinate for at least 1 hour, longer if possible.
Preheat an outdoor grill.
Remove the breasts from the marinade and grill for 6 minutes on each side or until fully cooked. While grilling, baste with the marinade. Bring the leftover marinade to a boil and serve on the side for dipping.

[jack daniels]

A drink recipe

Dragon stout - or other stout if not available
condensed milk
raw egg
pinch powdered nutmeg
some rum - optional

place all the ingredients into a food blender and blend! some people like to miss out the raw egg. make sure it is chilled before serving. yum

[jack daniels]

you might like this

http://www.mamashealth.com/recipe/jamaican/pun ch.asp

[tweenyb]

thanks to all who have posted - keep em coming
xxxx

[Teneref]

are we invited tweenyb? where do you live? lol

[JB]

Bajan Rum Punch

One of sour (lime juice)
Two of sweet (simple syrup - which is two parts sugar dissolved in one part water)
Three of strong (caribbean rum)
Four of weak (water)

Mix it all together, add a dash of angosturas bitters and a grating of nutmeg, serve over ice and you're away!

For food:
Main dishes - jerk beef or chicken, curry goat (substitute lamb or mutton) or meaty fish (tuna, shark etc.)

Sides - lots of salad and coleslaw, macaroni pie, rice 'n peas

Buffet - as above, plus mini, spicy fishcakes, bbq chicken wings

Afters - no cake recipe I'm afraid! You could do a trifle though (rum/tia maria in place of sherry)

Starving now!

[funnygirl]

For the syrup above you can use strawberry flavoured syrup to give it a nice red colouring.