Dishes in Montserrat

Montserrat dishes are influenced by numerous cuisines, like Chinese, Indian, American, but the favorite ones are the British, Italian and French. There are many restaurants in Montserrat specialised in seafood dishes, which range from simple and raw to complex ones. There are many seafood cakes, such as the lobster cake, which is quite popular with the tourists. They contain mixed greens and tomato tartar sauce and served as snacks in the local bars. More sophisticated meals include the Montserrat jerk shrimp, with rum, cinnamon bananas and cranberry. In rural areas, people prefer to eat homemade food, like the traditional mahi mahi and local breads.

Visual appeal
The visual attractiveness of a dish is important, and a balance between colors and proportion has to be struck. Each traditional dish has a special cooking method, which is more or less general in all of Montserrat regions. Meat is one of the main elements of most dishes in Montserrat, and cured and smoked hams are often parts of delicious dishes. Montserrat cuisine uses elements from various cooking traditions borrowed from their neighbors and developed from their own traditional dishes. While there are no specific or unique preparation methods for Montserrat cooking, we should point out that attention to detail is important in the Montserrat cuisine. Using the right amount of spices for example is essential - either for spicing up the taste or for coloring the dish. The diversity of vegetables and cereals found in Montserrat is also noticed in the delicious dishes belonging to their cuisine.

Montserrat people are mostly Catholics and the religious holydays Christmas and Easter are very important in their culture. On these occasions, the traditional meals include meat, like sheep, Lamb, mutton or Beef - which are all animals intensively breaded in the region. On Christmas, the traditional dishes include the traditional breads, served with local steamed veggies or roasted meats with seasonings and dips and the wide variety of exotic fruit tarts and ice-creams. Because there are some plantations of Sugar canes and palm trees with various fruits, there are many desserts such as the banana splash or coconut mousse with iced topping or exotic fruit tarts.