Jamaican Easter Bun

Jamaican Easter time = Bun & Cheese

Yield: 3 buns

Ingredients

3 cups brown sugar

5 lb baking flour

1/2 bottle browning

3 eggs

15 tbsp butter (melted)

3 lb raisins

1 lb mixed peel

1/2 lb baking powder

2 oz ginger (grated)

1/2 cup Maraschino cherry

1 btl Dragon Stout

1 tbsp salt

1 tsp all spice

1 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp cinnamon powder

2 tbsp vanilla

5 tbsp molasses

Glaze for Bun

1 1/2 cup brown sugar

1 1/2 cup water

Method

1. Grease pans and preheat oven to 350 degrees farenheit, 15 minutes in advance.
2. Mix together all liquids and soak fruits.
3. Sift all dry ingredients
4. Whisk eggs
5. Add dry ingredients to liquid mixture and whipped eggs.
6. Gently cut and fold mixture until combined evenly.
7. Place pans in water bath, then bake in oven for 1 hour
8. In saucepot, on high heat, add water and sugar; boil until thick.
9. Remove bun from oven, glaze and place in oven for 5 minutes.
10. Remove bun from oven, allow to fully cool, remove from pan, slice and serve with cheese.

Barbecue Salmon

Ingredients 

1 boneless fillet of salmon - sliced into 6oz portions

4oz Honey Jerk BBQ sauce

2-3 oz olive oil

Juice of 2 limes

Method

1. Mix together jerk seasoning, 2 oz olive oil, and juice from 1 lime and rub into salmon. Allow to marinate for at least 1 hour, preferably overnight.

2. Cover bottom of roasting pan with remaining olive oil and place salmon skin down into pre-heated oven at 375 degrees

3. Bake for 30 minutes - basting honey jerk BBQ sauce for the last 10 minutes of cooking.

4. Remove from oven, squeeze juice of remaining lime over salmon.

Breakfast Fruit Smoothie

Ingredients

1 medium banana (the riper, the better)
1 1/2 cups papaya (the riper the better)
1 can Carnation Light Evaporated Milk cold (substitute for 2 cups soy milk)
1/2 cup pineapple juice cold
2 tbsp. sugar (substitute for 1 tbsp honey) (optional)
1 cup ice (crushed)

Method

1. Put all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth
2. Serve immediately

Serves 4