Baku Kitchen! An independent reference of traditional food

Jamaica

Bold jerk spice, scotch bonnet heat, and coconut richness rooted in African and Maroon traditions. That is the short version of what Jamaica cooks. Look for Jerk chicken (chicken in scotch bonnet-allspice marinade, smoked over pimento wood), Ackee and saltfish (national dish of buttery ackee fruit sautéed with salt cod) and Jamaican patty (flaky turmeric pastry filled with spiced beef). Maroons in the Blue Mountains smoked meat over pimento wood to preserve it; the technique moved to roadside oil-drum grills in the 20th century. This atlas has 52 Jamaica dishes catalogued below, from everyday cooking to food kept for festivals and special occasions.

52 dishes.

Planter’s punchPlanter’s punchDark rum with lime, sugar, water and bitters over crushed iceRed peas soupRed peas soupKidney bean soup with pig tail and spinner dumplingsRed StripeRed StripePale lager in a squat bottle, drunk cold with jerkRice and peasRice and peasCoconut rice with kidney beans, the Sunday essentialRoots tonicRoots tonicBitter dark brew of boiled roots and barks, drunk in small glassesRum creamRum creamJamaican rum blended with dairy cream, poured over ice or into coffeeRum punchRum punchRum, lime, syrup and water over ice, dusted with nutmeg and bittersRundownRundownMackerel simmered in reduced spiced coconut milkSolomon GundySolomon GundyNova Scotian pickled herring with onion, eaten on crackers with cheeseSorrel drinkSorrel drinkHibiscus steeped with clove and ginger, sweetened and chilledStamp and GoStamp and GoCrispy saltfish fritters, old-time fast foodStew peasStew peasRed peas cooked in coconut milk with pig's tail and flour dumplingsStewed oxtailStewed oxtailOxtail braised with butter beans and thymeSweet potato puddingSweet potato puddingDense baked pudding of sweet potato, coconut, spiceTingTingSharp carbonated grapefruit soda with pulp, drunk very coldTotoTotoSmall dense coconut cake, spiced and cut in squares

  • Cerasee tea

    Very bitter tea brewed from the dried bitter melon vine. Ready in 5 minutes prep and 10 minutes cooking. Serves…

  • Coco bread

    Soft folded coconut milk bread, wrapped around a hot patty. Ready in 20 min prep and 15 min cooking. 8…

  • Cow foot

    Stewed cow’s feet, sticky with gelatine, with broad beans and spinners. Ready in 30 min prep and 4 hr cooking.…

  • Cow cod soup

    Bull’s genitals simmered with bananas, rum and pepper. Ready in 45 min prep and 3 hr cooking. 6 servings. A…

  • Dirty Banana

    Rum, coffee liqueur, banana and cream blended with ice into a milkshake. Ready in 5 minutes prep and none cooking.…

  • Escovitch fish

    Fried fish topped with spicy pickled vegetables. Ready in 30 minutes prep and 30 minutes cooking. Serves 4. A main…

  • Festival

    Sweet fried cornmeal dumplings, jerk’s sidekick. Ready in 20 min prep and 20 min cooking. 10 dumplings. A bread &…

  • Fish tea

    Peppery clear fish broth drunk from a cup as a restorative. Ready in 30 min prep and 50 min cooking.…

  • Fried dumpling

    Golden fried flour dumplings, breakfast staple. Ready in 15 minutes prep and 20 minutes cooking. About 10 dumplings. A bread…

  • Gizzada

    Pinch-crust tart filled with spiced grated coconut. Ready in 40 min prep and 30 min cooking. 16 tarts. A dessert…