Caribbean Night

Well, here's the rest of the menu for Caribbean night.  First, the Spicy Meat Pies...
they were really tasty.  I used my regular pie pastry and just added the beef filling as per the recipe (a mixture of ground beef, onions, spinach, and spices).   It called for 2-double crust pie shells.  I only made 1/2 the recipe and I still had filling left over.  I made some little hand-held sizes and a few bigger ones for the DH.  They were so good my mom even asked me for the recipe!

Next, I made the Caribbean Chicken.  Poor DH got 3 extra phone calls to pick up ingredients on the way home from work but it was worth it.  The boneless, skinless, chicken thighs are sauteed in a sauce of onions, fresh pineapple, spices, chicken stock, rum, and bananas!  It was so tender and flavourful - with a dominant curry flavour.  The sauce was quite sweet and the bananas were almost like a dessert.  There should have been a topping of cashews but because we have the nut allergy I had to leave those out.  They would have cut the sweetness I think and offered more of a balance to the flavours.  The rice around the edge of the platter is just a Caribbean Combo mix.  I had enough to make and this seemed like a great accompaniment (it was - spicy!)

I did mix up a jug of Rum Punch (hey, it was in the cookbook!), which was pretty good.  Strong, but not over-powering.  I did add more pineapple juice than called for and couldn't handle too big a drink of it.  I'm actually going to serve the rest of it to mother tonight! ;0)  

Comments

[STEFFOGAL1]

first, how did your mother enjoy the rum drink.. it looked refreshing! :) ?
thank you for the Carribean inspiration dinner! holy mooly ... spicy would be a fun change!