Cricket World Cup: a Caribbean menu
Welcome drinks
Rum punch
Piña colada
Fruit punch: made from fresh pure tropical fruit and juices
Marston's Pedigree bitter
Canapés
Coconut spiced prawns
Mini Jamaican patties
Plantain with an avocado dip or a hot spicy sauce
Anchovy toasties
Salt fish balls
Oyster with lime wasabi dressing
Sweet & spicy chicken wings
Jerk chicken tartlets
Starters
Plantain chips - served with an avocado dip or a
hot and spicy sauce
Bajan salt fish cakes
Mini patties - beef, lamb or chicken
Pumpkin soup
Seafood combo
Vegetable rotis
Prawn avocado with gazpacho salsa
Roast duckling with paw-paw and a sweet chilli dressing
Smoked bacon and lentil soup
Shredded crab and avocado salad
Caribbean chicken chowder
Pyramid of shrimp on mango rice
Roasted butterfly tiger prawns in garlic butter
Main dishes
Fresh lobster
Lobster stew - slices of lobster tail sautéed with onions, peppers and tomatoes and then cooked down with butternut squash, carrots and white wine.
Bahamian fried chicken
Okra ratatouille - onions, garlic, eggplant, peppers and oregano
Baked red snapper
Curried goat - marinated for up to 12 hours in herbs and rum. This boneless dish should be simmered over a low heat until tender
Eggplant Creole
Jerk chicken - chicken stuffed with a blend of West Indian herbs and spices and then deep-fried or roasted to seal in the flavour
Traditional stewed chicken
Bajan beef stew - beef and vegetables cooked in herbs and red wine for four hours
Flying fish - a national dish from Barbados marinated in lime and salt and then floured in homemade seasoning and deep-fried
Curried mutton - cooked with herbs such as mint and served in a mild curry sauce
Caribbean pork slices - marinated chops Creole style. A recipe from the famous West Coast
Caribbean vegetables with capers and optional grilled goats cheese
Sprouting broccoli with a chilli and sesame dressing
Ackee and salt fish
Venison stew - marinated for at least six hours in rum and spices
Roti - small pieces of chicken and potato, simmered in a chilli sauce, enclosed in a flour-based wrap and baked in the oven
Rice & peas - traditional Caribbean-style rice, boiled with fresh herbs and mixed with black-eyed peas, red kidney beans or split peas
Sweet potato & pineapple casserole - a sweet and sour sauce with chunks of juicy pineapple, sweet potato and slices of fresh carrot King fish Creole marinated with a seasoned mix
Tuna steaks with a warm mango salsa
Red snapper with green peppers, onion, garlic and fresh herbs in white wine
Grilled ginger swordfish
Fresh ginger sauce & capers
Barbecue selection
Trinidad-style chilli beef on skewers
Prawn kebabs
Sweet and spicy chicken with pineapple
Jerk chicken with tomato and onion salsa
Caribbean barbecued vegetables with capers
Lamb kebabs with orange spice sauce
Tuna marinated with a dash of rum and fine
Caribbean herbs
Jamaica-style glazed pork spare ribs
Barbecue sauce chicken
Hot & spicy fish cutlets
Fresh barbecued plantain with avocado
Caribbean-style pork slices
Salads
Classic Caesar salad with parmesan cheese shavings and anchovy fillets
Prawn salad with avocado
Shrimp salad with gazpacho salsa
Rasta pasta salad
Spiced lamb salad with mango dressing
Potato salad
Tomato, basil and red onion salad
Fresh green salad
Desserts
Bananas baked in rum
Fresh fruit salad
Apple and mango crumble
Tropical trifle
Rum and raisin cream cheese cake