Dominica Gourmet

A blog about foods from Dominica

Summer Salad with Prawns and Fried Plantains

This colorful salad with prawns and fried plantains is a must try! My parents were firm advocates for growing our own vegetables. When we were kids, my siblings and I used to be exposed to a wide variety of vegetables and were indeed not as ...
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Dominican Souse Recipe

My family’s famous Dominican souse recipe (This pig feet recipe is a Caribbean favorite) As early as I could remember, my late mother was known for many things in my village. She brought life to our village of Thibaud with her cooking and ...
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Simple Dominican Bakes Recipe

Here’s a recipe on how to make simple Dominican bakes Dominican bakes, Caribbean Johnny cakes, fried dumplings, and doubles are all birthed from essential ingredients of flour, water (or milk), baking powder, salt, butter and then ...
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Dominican Red Beans Soup Recipe

Dominica red beans soup, or as it’s referred to dumpling, peas, and salted pork soup is synonymous with the phrase Dominica’s comfort food. When I think of a signature staple dish on the island, one of the treasured meals that come ...
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Grilled Octopus Recipe

Growing up on the Caribbean island of Dominica, my family had a love/hate relationship with octopus. This tumultuous relationship was mainly because octopus requires special cleaning skills since the internal organs, ink sac, and eyes need to be ...
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Avocado Toast With Dominica’s Codfish Bulljaw

Growing up in Dominica, my family was fortunate to have two humongous avocado trees right in our backyard. One that ripes red, haas, and another that ripes green, hall. So we would often prepare lots of delicious dishes with avocado.  We ...
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