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JAMAICAN CHILLED AVOCADO SOUP WITH FRESH GINGER AND LIME CREMA
Molano Bredren
Ingredients
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 cup finely chopped onion
• 2 1/2 teaspoons fresh ginger, peeled and grated (about 1 ounce)
• 2 large ripe avocados, peeled and mashed
• 4 teaspoons fresh lime juice
• 1 1/2 cups chicken stock
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 green onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup half-and-half
• Salt and freshly grated black pepper
Lime Crema:
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
• 1/4 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
Directions
Melt the butter in a saucepan and cook the onions for about 4 minutes, until softened. Add the ginger and continue to cook an additional 2 minutes. Add the avocado, lime juice, and chicken stock and whisk to combine. Simmer soup over medium-low heat for about 5 minutes. Add the green onion and transfer the soup to a blender and puree, in batches if necessary, until very smooth. Stir in the half-and-half and salt and pepper, to taste. Chill thoroughly before serving.
To make the lime crema, stir together the sour cream, lime juice, garlic, and salt. When the soup has chilled, garnish each portion with a generous dollop of crema.
CURRY GOAT WITH RICE AND PEAS
Perez Bredren

Curry goat
1kg goat meat (bone in), chopped; juice 1 lime; 3 cloves garlic, crushed; 1 tablespoon chopped coriander (stalks are OK, keep the leaves for garnish, if desired); 2 spring onions, finely chopped; ½-1 Scotch Bonnet Chilli, finely chopped (take care—hot!); ½ onion, finely chopped; 2 tomatoes, scalded and peeled, then chopped; 1 tablespoon dried thyme; pinch allspice; 1 tablespoon curry powder, plus one extra; 1 cube chicken stock; few twists of black pepper
Wash the goat meat (it will be full of bone splinters), pat dry and rub with lime juice. The marinating step is optional. You don’t need to marinate, or you could just marinate for 1 hr. I did it overnight. If you marinate, combine all the ingredients (except for the 1 extra spoon of curry powder), and rest, then brush off and reserve the spice mixture.
Brown the meat and transfer to a heavy pot. Fry the chopped veg and spices with the extra spoon of curry powder (it will darken), deglaze the pan and just cover the meat with the liquid and stock (dissolve cube in 1 cup hot water, then make up the volume as necessary). The idea is that the gravy will thicken during cooking. Simmer very gently 2-3 hours until meat starts to fall off the bone.
Rice & Peas
1 cup rice; 1 onion, finely chopped; 400g gunko peas; 1 cup chicken stock; just under 1 cup coconut milk; small piece cinnamon; 2 bay leaves; 1 scotch bonnet chilli (whole); pinch allspice; salt
Fry the onion until soft, add remaining ingredients and simmer to absorb (ca. 15 minutes). Fish out the whole chilli and other spices and serve. The chilli should impart a gentle warmth on the dish. If you don’t have a scotch bonnet (habanero) chilli, use a small dash of original Encona sauce.
Serve with fried plantain and extra lime juice (or a relish made with tomato, cucumber, spring onion, chopped coriander and lime juice—I use that for all my curries
ROTI BREAD
Roti bread looks like a flour tortilla, and you can use tortillas to make rotis. This recipe contains leavening so is lighter and more traditional.
1½-cups plain flour
1½-teaspoons baking powder
½-teaspoon salt
1½-tablespoons lard (lard gives the best texture. Don't use oil or butter. Crisco is a possible substitute.)
A few tablespoons water
Mix the dry ingredients thoroughly, then work in lard and add enough water to make a soft but not sticky dough. Cover and let rise for an hour. Divide dough into six pieces, then roll out to 8-to 12-inch circles and cook individually in a heavy ungreased but well seasoned cast iron or nonstick skillet for about two minutes on each side. They should just start to brown.
GIZZADA
Lepervanche Bredren

Ingredients
Pastry Ingredients
4 cups of flour
2 teaspoons of salt
3.5 oz butter / margarine
2.5 oz shortning
1 cup of cold water
Filling Ingredients
2 large coconuts (mature, not jelly coconuts)
2 cups of brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon of grated nutmeg
2 tablespoons of water
1/2 tablespoon of butter
Preparation - pastry casing
Seive the flour and salt
Cut the butter and shortening in to small pieces, add to the flour along with the cold water.
Work in to the flour until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs
Squash the mixture in to a ball, wrap in foil and leave in the fridge for half an hour
Whilst the pastry is settling in the fridge, cut out the meat from the coconut and grate it so it is ready to be used in the filling
Roll the pastry to a thin layer and cut about 16 circles from it
Form a casing from each of the pastry circles by crimping the edge
Place the casings on a greased tray and part-bake in the oven (at about 350 degrees Fareinheit for 15 minutes)
Preparation - filling
Place the grated coconut, sugar, nutmeg and water in a saucepan and cook gently for about 15 minutes.
Add the butter and cook for a further five minutes.
Combining the pastry casing and the filling
Fill each of the shells with the filling and bake for around 15 minutes
The gizzadas are now ready to be served!
TORTA DE PIñA
Chef Ricardo Perez - Gonzalez
Ingredientes
* 4 tazas de harina cernida
* 2 ½ tazas de azúcar
* 4 panelitas de mantequilla
* 12 huevos
* ½ taza de leche
* 1 lata de ruedas de piña en almíbar
* 1/2 taza de guindas
* 1 cda de polvo de hornear
* Caramelo
* 1 Taza de Azúcar
* 1/2 taza de agua
(la medida de agua siempre es la mitad de la de azucar)
Preparación
Batir la mantequilla con el azúcar hasta que esté bien cremosa, agregar las amarillas de huevo y continuar batiendo. Se agrega la leche y el almíbar alternando con el harina y el polvo royal. Batir las claras de huevo a punto de nieve y agregarle en forma envolvente la mezcla. Aparte preparar un caramelo hirviendo el azúcar y el agua, hasta obtener un color ligeramente dorado colocar en un molde redondo donde se distribuyen de forma decorativa las piñas con las guindas en el centro, se vierte la mezcla sobre el caramelo con las piñas y se lleva al horno por espacio de 40 minutos a 350º hasta que al hundir un palillo salga completamente limpio. Voltee mientras aún este tibia.


























