A FOOD TRADITION
Haitian Cuisine
Haitian cuisine combines Indigenous, African, French, and Caribbean traditions through rice dishes, stews, fritters, grilled meats, seafood, and richly seasoned vegetable preparations.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Akra
Akra is a Haitian fritter of seasoned grated malanga, sometimes made with black-eyed peas, fried until crisp.
Bannann Peze
Green plantain slices are fried, pressed flat, and fried again until crisp, then seasoned with salt.
Blancmange
A Haitian molded or chilled pudding typically thickened with starch and made with coconut milk and sugar, with dairy milk used in some versions.
Bonbon Sirop
Bonbon Sirop is a traditional Haitian spiced syrup cake made by combining cane syrup with flour, butter, milk, eggs, and warming spices before baking.
Bouyon
A hearty Dominica-style one-pot soup combining meat or poultry with starchy provisions, vegetables, and flour dumplings in a seasoned broth.
Chiquetaille de Morue
Chiquetaille de Morue is a Haitian salad of flaked salted cod mixed with onion, pepper, garlic, citrus, herbs, and oil.
Diri Ak Pwa
A Haitian rice-and-beans dish in which seasoned beans and their cooking liquid flavor the rice, commonly with garlic, onion, and herbs.
Diri Djondjon
A Haitian rice dish cooked with djondjon mushrooms for a dark color and earthy flavor, often accompanied by shrimp and aromatic seasonings.
Dous Makos
A Haitian layered milk fudge made by cooking sweetened milk with sugar and flavorings such as cocoa and warm spices.
Griot
Haitian griot is pork marinated with citrus, aromatics, herbs, and chile before being braised or fried until richly browned and tender.
Kasav
Kasav is a traditional Haitian cassava flatbread made from grated cassava, water, and salt and cooked on a griddle or hot surface.
Konparet
A Haitian spiced baked cake or biscuit made with wheat flour, coconut, sugar, ginger, and warming spices.
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