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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Jamaican Curry (Curried) Goat

Serves 4












Ingredients

1 lb goat mutton (cut in 1 inch pieces)
1 whole garlic (diced)
1 scotch bonnet pepper
1 tsp. Jamaican curry powder (yellow)
1 tsp. Indian curry powder (orange)
1 piece of ginger chopped
2 tbsp. cooking oil
2 large onions (diced)
2 tsp. allspice or 'maggie season it up'
2 cups stock or bouillon
Salt to taste
3 small cubed Irish potatoes

Optional: 1 tsp. ground pimento or 5 whole seeds

Method

  1. Season meat, preferably the night before or first thing in the morning with the onion, garlic, all spice, pimento and Jamaican curry powder. Stab meat several times with fork and leave meat to soak up seasoning. 
  2. Put a dutch pot or regular cooking pot to boil with stock/boiuillon and irish potato.
  3. In a frying pan, heat oil and add pieces of chopped ginger and the orange curry powder. Add meat and brown, try to save back the seasonings for the final cook down.
  4. Transfer browned mutton and seasonings to pot with potatoes and allow to simmer together for 2 hrs or until done. When almost ready to serve, puncture scotch bonnet pepper with a fork and add it whole to the pot.


Serve with cooked white rice or rice and peas.








Sunday, March 9, 2014

Jamaican Mocha


Serves: 4

Ingredients

2 cups freshly brewed strong Jamaican coffee
1 square Unsweetened Baking Chocolate, chopped
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1-1/2 cups milk
1-1/2 tsp Vanilla
1/4 cup whipped cream

Method
  1. Place coffee and chocolate in heavy saucepan; cook on very low heat until chocolate is melted and mixture is well blended, stirring constantly with wire whisk.
  2. Stir sugar and cinnamon. Bring to boil on medium heat; cook until sugar is dissolved, stirring constantly. Gradually add milk and vanilla, stirring until well blended. Cook until well heated, stirring occasionally.
  3. Pour into 4 large cups or mugs. Top with whipped cream.
  4. Garnish with a sprinkle of cinnamon or shaved chocolate. 

Jamaican Banana Bread















Ingredients
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 tsp baking powder
41/2 ounces of margarine
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 Large eggs
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup mashed ripe banana

Method
Grease loaf pans and or muffin tins (2-3)
Line bases with grease paper or if using pyrex dish, grease with butter and coat with sprinkled flour.
Cream margarine, vanilla essence and sugar in small bowl until light and fluffy, add eggs one at a time, beat until combined.
Stir in half the banana with half the sifted dry ingredients and half the walnuts, then stir in remaining banana, dry ingredients and walnuts, stir until combined.
Spread mixture evenly into prepared pans
Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees farenheit) for about 45 minutes. Stand 5 minutes before turning on to wire rack to cool.