50 Jamaican Dishes

This year Jamaica celebrates 50 years of independence and we are counting down our top 50 Jamaican dishes.

1. Cornmeal Porridge
2. Hominey Corn Porridge
3. Green Banana/Plantain Porridge
4. Peanut Porridge
5. Stamp and Go (Saltfish Fritters)
6. Solomon Gundy
7. Janga (Crayfish) Soup
8. Mannish Water (Goat Head Soup)
9. Pepperpot Soup
10. Pumpkin Beef Soup
11. Fish Tea
12. Red Peas Soup
13.  Rice and Peas
14. Jerked Chicken
15. Jerked Pork
16. Jerked Sausage
17. Steamed Fish
18. Roast Fish
19. Escovitched Fish
20. Run Dung
21. Peppered Shrimp
22. Ackee and Saltfish
23. Curried Shrimp/Conch
24. Curried Goat
25. Cow Foot and Beans
26. Tripe and Beans
27. Stew Peas
28.  Beef Patty
29. Roast Breadfruit
30. Pumpkin/Callaloo Rice
31. Boiled Dumplings
32. Callaloo
33. Festivals
34. Bammy
35. Pressed Plantatin
36. Roast Yam and Saltfish
37. Fried Dumplings
38. Vegetable Salad
39. Cornmeal Pudding
40. Sweet Potato Pudding
41. Duckunoo
42. Toto
43. Rock Buns
44. Coconut Drops
45. Grater Cake
46. Plantain Tart
47. Fruit Cake
48. Bulla
49. Gratto
50. Hard Dough Bread
51. Spice Bun

Jamaican Rum Punch

A wedding, funeral or any Jamaican celebration is not complete without Rum Punch.

1 part sour, 2 parts sweet, 3 parts strong and 4 parts weak.

  1cup Fresh lime
  2 cups Brown Sugar/Syrup
  3 cups White / Gold (Appleton) Rum
  4 cups Ginger/Cream Soda or tropical fruit juice (use less sugar if using fruit juice)
  Crushed ice

To Serve
  Angostura bitters, Freshly grated nutmeg, slice of lime, orange or fresh pineapple, Maraschino cherries.

Directions

Mix all the punch ingredients in a bowl and chill. Serve in glasses and finish up each drink with a few dashes of bitters, nutmeg, lime slice, orange or pineapple and the traditional cherry on top. It gets better by the hour so make it ahead and keep refrigerated.

 The easiest way to remember the recipe for traditional rum punch is - 1-2-3-4.
1 part bitter (lime juice)
2 part sweet (syrup -Strawberry Syrup )
3 parts rum (Wray & Nephew White Over-proof is the ONLY rum to use, but you may want to use a little less if you want to take it down a bit)
4 parts mix (white cream soda, sprite, or 7-up work really well)

Jamaican Breeze

Ingredients:

1.5 oz. Appleton Estate Reserve Rum
1 Slice Fresh Ginger – Muddled
0.5 oz. Simple Syrup (1-1 Sugar to Water)
Dash of Angostura Bitters
Garnish: Lime Wheel

Glass:

Rocks

Preparation:

Muddle ginger in a pint glass.
Add remaining ingredients and ice.
Shake and strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice and garnish with a lime wheel.

from Appleton Estate

Jamaican Christmas Sorrel

This is a must for Christmas in Jamaica

8 cups sorrel petals                             

2 ounces grated ginger                        

12 cups boiling water

Rum                                                    

Sugar

Place sorrel and ginger in a large container and pour on the boiling water. Cover and leave overnight, then strain through a muslin cloth or a sieve. Add a little rum to preserve and sugar to sweeten. Bottle and refrigerate.

Sorrel Plant

Makes 4 ½ pints