Archive for December, 2011

Jamaican Sorrel recipe

December 20, 2011

Sorrel is a traditional ingredient loved in the Caribbean at Christmas time. It is turned into many types of drinks including Shandy. You can changecertain ingredients in this recipe to suit your taste and over time you can fine tune this. Ingredients You will need the following ingredients to prepare 2 litres of sorrel:- 1 [...]

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Trinidad Black Cake Recipe

December 20, 2011

Just a quick reminder for 2011 Christmas of our Black Cake recipe. Why not buy some fruits, soak them in rum, make the mixture, bake in oven, soak cake in rum again and then enjoy. Ingredients Fruit Mix: 1/2 lb currant 1/2 lb raisins 1/2 lb prune 1/2 lb dried fig 1 (8 ounce) jar [...]

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Making Pastelles at Christmas

December 20, 2011

Every Trinidad Christmas should involve Pastelles. However they are very time consuming to make and need some special ingredient’s which are not always available when you are overseas. Another essential is to have a Pastelle press which is similar the same as a Tortilla Press used in South America. This will take all the guess [...]

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