Chef Recipe Newsletter: Carribbean Island Cuisine
Chef2Chef Recipe Club - Volume 6 Issue 92 - May 11, 2004
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Hello Recipe Club,

Yesterday Jamaica, today the Bahamas! What a life! Personal Chef Mayra Jazmyn takes us island hopping around the Caribbean this week. If you are like me, you can pretend to be on the beach, hear the waves, picture that cold glass with some kind of island fruits and a hint of rum, but now you can taste it too! Try the lobster curry!

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Sweet Potato Soufflé

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients:

3 cups cooked mashed sweet potato
3 tablespoons butter
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 eggs (separate yolk and whites)
marshmallows (optional)

Preparation:

Add seasonings, butter, and milk to well mashed sweet potatoes. When thoroughly blended stir in beaten egg yolks, then add beaten egg whites.

Pour into a dish and bake in a 300-350º F oven about 30 minutes or until firm.

When it is almost cooked, add marshmallows on the top.

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Grouper Fingers

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients:

2 pounds fresh grouper fillets (soak the fish in dark beer such as Guinness or rum for 5-6 minutes)
1 cup flour
2 eggs beaten
1/4 cup goat milk
salt, pepper, nutmeg, basil, crushed mint, lime to taste, a pinch of this a pinch of that

Preparation:

Cut grouper filet in strips. Season with salt, pepper, any other preferred spices and lime to taste. Heat skillet and allow oil to heat.

Dip the fingers in milk, then egg, and coat with flour. Use deep fryer or skillet and cook until golden brown.

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Seafood Casserole

What is conch? Seafood is the staple of the Bahamian diet. Conch (pronounced "konk") is a large type of ocean mollusk that has firm, white, peach-fringed meat. Fresh, uncooked conch is delicious, the conch meat is scored with a knife, lime juice and spices are sprinkled over the meat. It can also be deep-fried (called "cracked conch"), steamed, added to soups, salads and stews or made into conch chowder and conch fritters.

Ingredients:

2 cups fresh conch, lobster, shrimp, or crawfish (grinded)
3 cups cream sauce (recipe follows)
1/2 cup grated cheese (American)
2 or 3 medium tomatoes
1 medium green pepper
(This casserole has the basic, remember the rule, a little of this, a little of that. Be creative, have fun, feel the food.)

Preparation:

Dissolve cheese in cream sauce. Place a layer of tomatoes, green pepper, and seafood in a baking dish. Cover with cream sauce and repeat.

Cover top with bread crumbs and bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours at 350ºF.

Cream Sauce

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
3 cups heavy cream
pinch garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

Preparation:

Melt butter, add flour and blend. Cook for 4 minutes over medium-low heat. Add cream and cook over low heat until thick, stirring constantly. Add seasoning.

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Lobster Curry

Makes 3 - 5 servings

Ingredients:

meat from 1 lobster (about 3/4 to l cup)
1 onion
3 ounces of butter
2 tablespoons of curry powder
1 tablespoon flour
salt to taste
1 cup of milk or goat milk
juice from 1 lemon

Preparation:

Put the butter in a pan and fry the onions in slices. Mix flour, curry, and salt together, then add to fried onions.

Add milk and let simmer for an hour on low heat. Add more milk if it gets dry. Add cut-up lobster meat and lemon juice. Simmer for a half-hour.

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