Skip navigation Skip hierarchy
Sainsbury Archive Logo
Recipe book by Elizabeth Lambert Ortiz.

Contents 2
The Author 3
Introduction 4

Basic Recipe 14
Sofrito

Appetisers 15
Banana Chips
Surullitos (Corn and cheese sticks)
Bombas De Camarones Y Papas (Prawn and potato balls)
Crabes Farcis (Stuffed crabs)
Savoury Fritters
Caveached Fish (Pickled fish)

Soups 21
Groundnut Soup
Chilled Cucumber Soup
Cream of Pumpkin Soup
Prawn and Sweetcorn Soup
Callaloo
Soupe Au Poisson
Red Pea Soup
Consommé À L’Orange

Fish and Shellfish 30
Curried Fish
Prawn Curry
Pargo Con Salsa De Aguacate
Salmorejo De Jueyes (Crab stew)
Arroz Con Camarones (Prawns and rice)
Pescado Frito En Salsa De Coco (Fried fish in coconut sauce)
Pargo Con Cilantro (Sea bass with coriander)
Salt Codfish And Ackee
Keshy Yena Coe Cabaron (Stuffed cheese with prawn filling)
Poisson En Blaff (Poached fish)

Poultry 40
Pollo En Escabeche (Pickled chicken)
Arroz Con Pollo (Chicken with rice)
Asopao De Pollo (Chicken and rice stew)
Pollo Con Piña A La Antigua (Chicken with pineapple)
Almond Chicken
Le Caneton Au Rhum (Duckling with rum)
Chicken Fricassee
Poulet Au Lait De Coco (Chicken with coconut milk)
Chicharrones De Pollo (Marinated fried chicken)

Meat 52
Stobá Di Concomber (Lamb and cucumber stew)
Salpicón (Meat salad)
Griots De Porc (Glazed pork pieces)
Picadillo (Beef hash)
Curried Lamb
Rabbit In Peanut sauce
Daube De Porc Aux Bélangères (Pork stew with aubergines)
Bifteck À La Créole (Steak Creole-style)

Vegetables and Salads 61
Glazed Sweet Potatoes
Coo-Coo
Fried Sweet Potatoes
Ensalada De Molondrones Y Tomates (Okra and tomato salad)
Concombres En Salade (Cucumber salad)
Avocado And Tomato Salad
Moros Y Christianos (Moors and Christians)
Berehein Na Forno (Aubergine in coconut milk)
La Salade De Banane Verte (Green banana salad)
Rice and Peas
Fried Ripe Plantains
Alu Talkari (Potato curry)

Sauces 72
Pepper Wine
Sauce Ti-Malice (Hot pepper sauce)
Hot Pepper Relish
Paw-Paw Sauce

Breads, Puddings And Desserts 76
Rum Sauce
Floating Islands
Banana Bread
Carrot Pudding
Baked Bananas Flambée
Coco Quemado (Coconut pudding)
Arrowroot Custard
Roti
Orange Teacake
Ice Cream
Sweet Fritters

Drinks 89
Rum Punch
Holiday Eggnog
Petit Punch (Little punch)
Peanut Punch
Blue Mountain Cocktail
Quebrahacha
Planter’s Punch
Piña Colada
Daiquiri
Simple Syrup