Looking for authentic recipe from St.Barts

[joke2u]

Hi, my daughter is doing research for a "St.Barts" project for school. She is looking for a authentic recipe that she can make and bring to school. If anyone can email us one (no fish recipe please) that would be highly appreciated. Maybe a little background of the recipe?!!..Thanks.
(also looking for a local famous person, maybe a website or address?)

 

[JEK]

I just flipped through Kara and Bob Brooks' book Paradise Found and are your sure you can't use a fish recipe? Almost every page is a fish dish! Here's one from Maya's that is regional -- West Indian Orange Cake.

The story of Maya and Randy

 

[JEK]

Address:

Restaurant Maya
Public 97133 SAINT BARTHELEMY
Antillies Francaise

 

[Myrllyn]

What about Snail Fricassee from The 3 Forces? That's not fish! ;-)

 

[rivertrash]

On June 5, 2002, my wife and I ate dinner at Maya's and I had Chicken Colombo. It was fabulous and I asked if I might have the recipe. The server asked the chef, who knew the recipe only in French and in metric measurements, who graciously tried to translate and convert and wrote out the recipe for me on the back of the previous day's menu. When I read your post, I dug it out of my recipe files and here it is, just like it was written.

Chicken Colombo


-- take a whole chicken and cut it into big pieces.
marinate in colombo, oil, salt & pepper, thyme
and garlic

-- saute in 3 tbsp sunflower oil
add diced eggplant (1 large)
garlic, oignons
chives, thyme
bay-leaf
colombo powder
hot pepper

-- cover with water
add 2/3 diced potatoes
cook on medium-high heat

I have tried to duplicate it twice and got nowhere close! Good luck.

 

[andynap]

QUOTE:"I have tried to duplicate it twice and got nowhere close! "

Dick- LMAO- I am sure something got lost in the translation but why bother if it doesn't work?

There is a nice Sesame Chicken recipe from L'Espirit de Saline on page 91 that the Mod JEK could scan and post if he was in the mood.

 

[JimD]

A tough one with no fish. I would go for the chicken Colombo or a Colombo de Kabri (goat) depending on availability in your area.

There are numerous revolting things going on with pigs' tails that I wouldn't recommend.

 

[rivertrash]

"...why bother if it doesn't work?"

The challenge. What is it they say about doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results?

 

[MIke R]

There is a nice Sesame Chicken recipe from L'Espirit de Saline on page 91 that the Mod JEK could scan and post if he was in the mood.

on the same page is a pumpkin curry soup which I have done and it was wonderful

you could also do a stuffed Christophine and use a local squash in its place

 

[MIke R]

or a goat cheese salad

 

[JEK]

There is a nice Sesame Chicken recipe from L'Espirit de Saline on page 91 that the Mod JEK could scan and post if he was in the mood.

Your scanner broken?

 

[NYCFred]

<<Your scanner broken? >>

Nah, his goat.

BTW, you're payin the cost to be the boss....LOL

 

[LMAC]

here's a recipe I got from "Gille" of Vincent Adam for Creme Brulee - of course he told me I couldn't duplicate it because I couldn't get "French Cream" - I did make it and it came close, but he was right .... never could figure out if French cream meant that it was "fresh" and not "ultra pasteurized" or if perhaps French cream has a higher fat content than ours. Their milk is ultra pasteurized so I'm guessing it's the latter. This was two years before it burned down. The following year I told him I couldn't get the "crust" to do right so he took me into the kitchen and showed me the TORCH they used the caramelize the sugar. (This was before we could buy little butane torches for home use.)

Vincent Adam Creme Brulee (as he wrote it on his card)
1 L French cream
250 ml Sugar
10 yellow eggs (yolks of eggs)
2 beans vanilla
1 hour in water at 90 degrees C

Good luck!

Libby

 

[zena]

I find all the replies entertaining, realizing that only men have responded. How many of you participated at your child's school share? The recipe is for a school age american child to prepare in school and share with her friends. Fish?Goat? Chicken?
At that age they feel sorry for animals even if they eat them. The parents are health conscious so nothing should be fried. I remember when my children were in school, the different cultures share had to be adapted to chicken or even better to recognizable vegetables with pasta....
The orange cake is a perfect choice, it involves fruit with a decadent touch of sugar which gives it an exotic touch nowadays....and can be easily converted to cupcakes...I'll bake it myself today