Trinidad christmas food

Trinidad macaroni pie is a classic Caribbean comfort food that is not only easy to make, but delicious served hot, cold, or at room temperature.

Christmas is not Christmas without my mom’s cooking and the red beans and callaloo combination with dhalpuri roti! Everything else was extras. The stew pork is another once a year must have! It was soo good even my daughter who claims she doesn't eat pork was fighting for the leftovers! My sister’s potato salad is always something I look forward to and every time I eat it we always have a detailed discussion on each ingredient she put in it. Macaroni pie made with Trini cheese and curry duck…

These are some awesome recipes for you to try for your Christmas dinner, we have you covered, pastelle, ham, black cake, sorrel, ginger beer, sweetbread, chow chow, escovitch fish and more. I almost forgot, the recipes are from some of the best Caribbean Food Bloggers. Merry Christmas!

A classic Trinidadian baked pasta dish with cheese.

Many Trin­bag­o­ni­ans might ar­gue that Christ­mas is not Christ­mas with­out pastelles. This hol­i­day del­i­ca­cy is quite easy to make from scratch, but it’s tru­ly a time-con­sum­ing has­sle. Here, there’s no need for a pastelle press or fig leaves! To save you the stress, we’ve com­plete­ly de­con­struct­ed a pastelle in­to an easy-to-bake pie that doesn’t skimp on the flavour that you love so dear­ly.

Christmas is not Christmas without my mom’s cooking and the red beans and callaloo combination with dhalpuri roti! Everything else was extras. The stew pork is another once a year must have! It was soo good even my daughter who claims she doesn't eat pork was fighting for the leftovers! My sister’s potato salad is always something I look forward to and every time I eat it we always have a detailed discussion on each ingredient she put in it. Macaroni pie made with Trini cheese and curry duck…

Trinidad sweet bread is a dense, rustic bread made with fresh coconut, raisins, mixed fruit and spices. It is made especially during the holidays including Christmas and Easter.

Colorful Christmas Rice is a festive side dish in Trinidad that will get you in the holiday spirit with garlic, fragrant ginger, sweet peppers and raisins.

I was born and grew up on the island of Trinidad. In case you don't know, Trinidad is the most southerly of the West Indies and lies just about seven miles off the north-eastern tip of Venezuela. As a child growing up in Trinidad, I could hardly...