Category:Kittitian Recipes

Saint Kitts and Nevis traditional recipes are very easy to prepare and include a large variety of seafood such as marinated shrimps blackened cakes, fresh grilled lobsters, and others.

Jam cake is made with flour, sugar, salad oil, buttermilk, blackberry jam, baking soda, baking powder, chopped nuts, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, vanilla, cloves, salt, eggs and the caramel frosting is made of butter, brown sugar, cream and confectioner’s sugar; the caramel frosting is topped on jam cake.

Mango chutney is made with hard green unripe mangoes, finely chopped golden raisins, coarsely chopped cashew nuts, finely chopped fresh ginger, and finely chopped fresh hot red pepper, light brown sugar, malt vinegar and salt to taste.

Cook-up is the Kittitian version of Pelau best with salt fish, pig snout, pigtail and red peas:

 COOK-UP  

 Preparation Time: overnight (for marinating purposes) Cooking Time: 45 minutes Serves: 6-8 people Country: Saint Kitts & Nevis

 Ingredients  :
 * 1 lb rice


 * 1 lb saltfish


 * 2 lb chicken, back ‘n’ neck (chopped in 4)


 * 2 lb chicken wings (cut into 2)


 * 1lb pig snout


 * 1lb pigtail


 * ½ lb red peas/lentils/pink or kidney beans


 * 1 green bell pepper


 * 1 bunch herbs (chives) chopped


 * 1lg onion (sliced)


 * 4 cloves of garlic


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt">8 cups water


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt">4tbsp of cooking oil (olive oil is best)


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt">2 tbsp butter

<p style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt"> Method / Directions: 

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<p style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0.9pt 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: .5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> 3. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: black; font-size: 14pt">If using red peas, kidney or pink beans let them soak overnight

<p style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0.9pt 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: .5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> 4. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: black; font-size: 14pt">Cook then sink peas and let cook till the skin peels when hit by cool air <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt">

<p style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0.9pt 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: .5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> 5. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt">Pre-cook the saltfish with the pigtail and pig snout

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<p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> 7. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: black; font-size: 14pt">Sauté onion, herbs, pepper with the chicken in the butter and cooking oil in a different pot then add to pot with the salt fish, pigtail and pig snout let cook till chicken is tender.

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> 8. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: black; font-size: 14pt">Add washed rice stir well.

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