Ins & Outs of Barbados 2023

113 Shopping Stewed Down Chops 4 servings pork chops (preferably with the skin on) 2 tablespoons olive oil 8 medium onions, quartered and sliced 1 cup/2 sweet peppers, diced 2 tablespoons garlic, finely chopped 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg 2 tablespoons fresh thyme or 1 tablespoon dried thyme Pepper sauce to taste A few dashes of Worcestershire sauce A few dashes of Angostura bitters 2 cups tomatoes, peeled and diced 2 cups 16floz/500ml water Method: Rub salt on to the pork chops and leave for 10 minutes. Wash and pat dry. Heat the oil in a large frying pan and brown the chops on both sides over a medium to high heat (about 10 mins). Remove the chops from the pan and set aside. Sauté the onions until beginning to brown, add the garlic and sweet peppers and sauté for a further couple of minutes.Add the tomatoes, nutmeg, thyme, Worcestershire sauce, Angostura bitters and water and add the pork chops back in. Cover and simmer over a low heat until the chops are tender (1-2 hours). Add more water during cooking if necessary. Serves 4 Add to the mango purée in a mixing bowl along with lime juice and sugar to taste. Fold the egg whites, cream and mango until well blended. Pour into one serving dish or individual serving dishes and set in the fridge. (About 6 hours) Just before serving, garnish with whipped cream, sliced mango and lime. Serve with passion fruit sauce. Serves 8 Passion Fruit Where to buy: Markets and street vendors. Season: Sporadically throughout the year but most plentiful in the rainy season. Pork Where to buy: Locally produced pork is available islandwide. The butcher section of the Cheapside Market in Bridgetown is a good place to go for leg roasts and other specialty cuts. Local pork is very good quality and Barbadians eat it nose to tail. Soused pigs head is a popular Saturday tradition, served with black pudding. The flavour of a traditional Sunday roast pork leg is enhanced with a generous amount of Bajan seasoning and many Bajan cooks have perfected the knack of crispy crackling. One of my favourites are the slowly stewed pork chops in a tomato based gravy. Grocery Shopping Guide Check our website for a complete list of supermarkets and public markets to find everything you need to eat well in Barbados. insandoutsbarbados.com/travel-guide-pages/ shopping/stocking-up avocado basil bay leaf beans beet bok choy breadfruit, butternut squash cabbage callaloo carrot cassava cauliflower celery chardon beni chive christophene coriander corn courgette cucumber eddoe eggplant finger squash flavour pepper ginger hot pepper lemon grass lettuce margoram okra onion parsley pepper pigeon peas plantain pumpkin rosemary spinach spring onion sweet pepper thyme tomato turmeric wiri pepper yam ackee Bajan cherry banana cantaloupe carambola chili plum coconut dunk fat pork fig fig banana golden apple gooseberry grapefruit guava hog plum Jamaica plum lemon lime mamee apple mango musk melon orange passion fruit paw paw peanuts sapodilla sea grape Seville orange shaddock soursop sugar apple surinam cherry tamarind watermelon Locally Grown Fruits & Vegetables