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Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups granulated sugar
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup margarine
½ cup shortening
¼ cup baking Jamaican cocoa, unsweetened
½ cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Icing
½ cup margarine, room temperature
¼ cup baking Jamaican cocoa, unsweetened
6 tablespoons milk
1 pound (1 box) confectioners’ sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups flaked Jamaican coconut

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
Grease and flour a baking pan. Sift flour, sugar, and salt into a large bowl; set aside. In a small saucepan, combine ½ cup margarine, shortening, ¼ cup cocoa, and 1 cup water and bring to a boil.
2. Pour mixture over the flour mixture. Stir in buttermilk, baking soda, eggs, and vanilla. Beat with a hand-held mixer until smooth. Pour into prepared pan.
3. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, or until Jamaican cake springs back when lightly touched with finger. Make icing while cake is baking.
4. For icing, combine margarine, Jamaican cocoa, and milk in a medium saucepan. Bring mixture just to a boil; remove from heat. Add confectioners’ sugar and vanilla; beat with a wooden spoon until smooth.
5. Stir in Jamaican coconut. Spread over hot Jamaican cake right out of the oven.
6. Cool frosted Jamaican coconut chocolate cake in pan on a rack

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Ingredients:

1 each onion chopped
2/3 cup scallions, spring or green onions chopped
2 cloves garlic
1/2 teaspoon thyme crumbled
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 teaspoons allspice ground
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg grated
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup Scotch Bonnet pepper minced
1 teaspoon black pepper
6  red hot pepper sauce (eg. Tabasco)
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1/4 cup vegetable oil Add to marinade

18 each chicken wings trimmed

Preparation:

1. Mix ingredients in a food processor or blender, puree all ingredients except for the wings.
   In a large shallow dish arrange the wings in one layer and spoon the marinade over them, rubbing it in (use rubber gloves).
2. Let them marinate, covered and chilled, turning them once, at least 1 hour, or preferably, overnight.
3. Arrange the wings in one layer on an oiled rack set over a foil-lined roasting pan, spoon the marinade over them and bake in the upper third of a preheated 450 degrees F oven, 30-35 minutes, or until they are cooked through.

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Ingredients:

2 oz. Jamaica Rum
1 tsp. Sugar
1/2 Lime (freshly squeeze)

Preparation:

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.

Serve 1

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Ingredients:

2 Tbsp. Unsalted butter
2 x Shallots chopped
3 x Garlic cloves chopped
1 c. Myer’s dark rum
3 c. Chicken stock
2 Tbsp. Ancho purée
2 Tbsp. Molasses
Salt to taste
Freshly-grnd black pepper to taste
4 x Filet Mignon steaks – (8 ounce ea)

Preparation:

1. Heat the butter in a saucepan over medium-high heat and sweat the shallots and garlic.
2. Add in the rum, bring to a boil and reduce to 1/3 c.. Add in the stock, bring to a boil and reduce the heat.
3. Whisk in the remaining ingredients and simmer till reduced to 2 c..
4. Preheat the grill.
5. Season the steaks on both sides with salt and pepper to taste. Grill to desired doneness. Drizzle with the sauce.

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Ingredient:

1 Tin of Jamaican Ackee (drained)
1 lb Salt fish (codfish)
1 onion
1 tomato
1 sprig of fresh thyme or 1 tbsp of dried thyme
1 scallion
1 dash of black pepper
1 scoth bonnet pepper

Preparation:

1. Soak salt fish in water to remove excess salt, boil and remove bones.
2. Break the salt fish into small pieces.
3. Place skillet with cooking oil on the fire
4. chop up onion, tomato, and scallion and add to heated oil.
5. Add thyme (break up if you use sprig).
6. Add a small slice of scotch bonnet pepper (no seed please…this pepper is very hot so if you don’t likethe heat, you can eliminate this step).
7. Let seasoning sautee for a few minutes.
8. Stir in salt fish for about 2 minutes.
9. Stir in ackee and allow to cook for another 2 minutes.
10. Add a dash of blackpepper (optional).
11. Serve with fried dumpling, cooked dumpling + other ground products, festival, or as a side dish.

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