Saint Vincent & The Grenadines Recipes

Stuffed Cucumbers

Ingredients

1 Cucumber

Filling (see recipes below)

Directions

Wash cucumber. Cut ends off and scoop out all the seeds.  Stuff cucumber with choice of filling.

stuff that cucumber

Filling 1

Ingredients

1 hard-boiled egg (chopped)

2 oz chopped ham

2 tbs Mayonnaise

½ tsp grated onion

Pepper

Directions

Mix ham, egg, onion, pepper and mayonnaise. Blend well. Stuff cucumber. Wrap and chill. To serve, slice and garnish.

Filling 2

Ingredients

2 oz sour cream or 4 oz cream cheese

2 oz cheddar cheese

½ tsp. grated onion

1/8 tsp. white pepper

Directions

Mash cream cheese, add grated cheddar and continue mixing. Add onion and white pepper and mix well. Stuff cucumber. Wrap and chill. To serve, slice and garnish.

Source: Caribbean Choice, http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/recipes/recipe.asp?recipe=216

Green Pigeon Peas Soup

Ingredients

2 cups shelled green pigeon peas

1 oz margarine

½ lb soup meat

1 large onion

6 cups water

2 sprigs celery

salt and pepper to taste

6 oz pumpkin

1 lb tannias

1 green plantain

dumplings (see recipe below)

3 tbs Oil

1 large carrot (sliced)

Directions

Chop seasoning and pumpkin, cut up meat into small pieces. Heat oil, sauté seasoning and pumpkin, add meat and fry till slightly brown. Add peas and cook till peas burst and are soft, adding a little hot water occasionally. Add water enough for soup. Meanwhile, peel and cup up carrots, peel plantain and tannia and cut into bite-sized pieces. Add to soup with salt and pepper to taste. Mix dumplings and shape into balls or small logs. When soup is almost done add dumplings and butter for the last 10 minutes. Check taste. Serve hot as a lunch or dinner main course.

Dumplings

Ingredients

½ lb flour

¾ tsp salt

¼ cup cornmeal (optional)

1 tbs sugar

½ tsp baking powder

pinch of spice or nutmeg (optional)

water

Directions

Combine flour, salt, sugar, baking powder and cornmeal. Add enough water to make a fairly stiff dough. Shape dough into either round, oblong or flat bite size portions. Drop in boiling soup.

 

Source: Caribbean Choice, http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/recipes/recipe.asp?recipe=92

Sweet Potato Gratin

Ingredients
2 lb Yams or Sweet Potatoes about 4 - 5 medium size
1/2 cup Milk
3 cloves Garlic crushed
1 pinch Cinnamon
1 pinch Nutmeg
1 pinch Ginger grated
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 tablespoon Butter
3 Eggs
1/2 cup Grated Cheese Parmesan or Cheddar

Directions
Prepare a buttered baking dish. Peel and thinly slice the sweet potatoes. Add the potato slices in a frying pan. Step 2 In a saucepan, add milk, garlic, salt, pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. Bring to a boil and boil for 3 - 4 minutes. Add milk with spices to potatoes and cook over low heat for 10 minutes or halfway cooked and the milk is reduced by half. Lightly beat the eggs and pour them over the sweet potatoes, then sprinkle cheese. Bake 20 to 25 in a 350 degree F oven. Remove from oven and serve hot.

Source: Caribbean Green Living, https://www.caribbeangreenliving.com/sweet-potato-gratin-2/