A FOOD TRADITION
Jamaican Cuisine
A vibrant Caribbean cooking tradition shaped by Indigenous, African, European, Indian, and Chinese influences, featuring jerk seasoning, seafood, legumes, tropical produce, and hearty stews.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Curry Goat
Curry goat is a slow-simmered Grenadian goat-meat stew seasoned with curry spices, aromatics, and oil.
Escovitch Fish
A Jamaican fried fish preparation served with a sharp vinegar pickle of onion, peppers, and other vegetables.
Festival
Festival is a sweet Jamaican cornmeal-and-wheat dough that is shaped into cylinders and deep-fried until golden.
Fish Tea
A light Jamaican fish soup made by simmering fish with root vegetables and aromatic seasonings in a savory broth.
Fried Dumplings
Jamaican fried dumplings are compact pieces of wheat-flour dough seasoned with salt and fried until crisp outside and tender inside.
Gizzada
A Jamaican baked coconut tart consisting of a crisp pastry shell filled with sweetened spiced coconut.
Grater Cake
A Jamaican coconut confection made by cooking grated coconut with sugar until it sets into a firm, sliceable cake.
Gungo Pea Soup
A Jamaican simmered soup made with gungo, or pigeon, peas and commonly enriched with root vegetables, seasonings, and salted meat.
Hard Dough Bread
A dense Jamaican sliced loaf made from a lightly sweetened yeasted wheat-flour dough with salt, water, and sometimes butter or another fat.
Jamaican Beef Patty
A Jamaican beef patty is a flaky, spiced wheat-flour pastry filled with seasoned minced beef, onion, garlic, and Jamaican curry-style spices.
Jamaican Black Cake
A dense Jamaican celebration cake made with dried fruit, butter, sugar, eggs, flour, spices, and darkening wine or spirits.
Jamaican Corn Soup
A hearty Jamaican soup combining corn, root vegetables, pumpkin, coconut milk, and aromatic seasonings, sometimes with dumplings.
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