Simone HoSang (@simonehosang)

Bully Beef Fried Dumpling Pizza! Two things my mom stuffed her dumpling surprise with: Ackee and Saltfish and Bully Beef. This is another Jamerican creation. 1 Pouch Caribbean Food Delights Dumpling Mix 1 cup water or milk 1 can corned beef or bully beef 1/2 onion, diced 1/2 scotch bonnet pepper 1/2 cup Marinara sauce Shredded mozzarella cheese, smoked provolone or any cheese you fancy or no cheese at all Oil for frying Make dumpling. Shape it. Fry it. Top it. Melt it. Enjoy it. #pizza

Ever try grilled cheese with the Easter bun? Easter bun season is here for a short while longer. Make sure to get yours before Good Friday! #easterbun #bunandcheese #goodfriday #jamaicantradition

When your kid spots your own brand in BJ’s and says “Mom, can we get these?” 😭💛 You already know we’re stocking up! #CaribbeanFoodDelights #JamaicanPatties #MomLife #bjswholesaleclub

Jerk Chicken Pasta Patty 1 Caribbean Food Delights Jerk Chicken Patty 1 lb pasta 1 stick butter 1 tbsp flour 1 tbsp garlic paste 1 tbsp jerk seasoning 1 cup heavy cream 1 cup pasta water 1 cup cubed cheese 1 cup cheddar cheese cubed 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella Broccoli Prepare patty. Make a roux with the butter and flour. Add Jerk seasoning and garlic paste. Heat cream and pasta water. Add cheese. Stir until thick. #JerkChicken #JerkChickenPatty #JamaicanPatty #JamaicanFood #Mac&Cheese

When the person on your screen walks into the room. Finally meeting in person before she takes the stage tomorrow at RBWN’s “Funding the Mission” luncheon at Hilton Pearl River! Want to join us? Comment ABUNDANT and I’ll send you the registration link. #RBWN #WomenInBusiness #NonprofitLeadership #RocklandCounty

My failed mac and cheese turned into a solid block of cheese and pasta, so I decided to rescue it with a jerk cream sauce. I had created the most incredible, stretchy jerk cheese fondue. Then decided to put it in the food processor and got a cheesy, starchy jerk dip, but the flavor was delicious with toasted coco bread and jerk chicken patties. Just gotta work on that fondue texture. #JerkChickenPatty #JamaicanFusion #pattyfondue #CheeseFondue #FoodExperiments

Good food for a great cause! I attended Cornucopia, benefiting Meals on Wheels Rockland County, on behalf of Caribbean Food Delights. From a crispy sashimi taco to a Filipino adobo bao, bbq then my fav Indian restaurant Mumbai Dreams, there was plenty of culinary inspiration throughout the evening. I love seeing our local community come together to support an organization doing important work for our neighbors. #MealsOnWheelsRockland #Cornucopia #RocklandCounty #SupportLocal #FoodForACause

I made Armenian Cheese Boreg, Jamaican Cocktail Patties and Rasta Pasta for International Day at my daughter’s school. As I was folding each triangle, I couldn’t help thinking about Jamaican patties and how different cultures have their own versions of stuffed pastries. I even started wondering whether this could be the OG turnover! What’s your favorite stuffed pastry from around the world? #InternationalDay #ArmenianFood #JamaicanFood #CheeseBoreg #FoodCulture

I found two eggs in my fridge not in a carton and not labeled. My dad would label eggs if they were cooked so I do, too. My oldest has been making herself ramen with boiled eggs, but I needed to be sure. This was the perfect opportunity to use the hack my dad taught me years ago. Give them a spin! Do you know what happens when you spin a raw or cooked egg? #EggHack #BoiledEgg #RawEgg #eggs #spinit

Growing up in America with Jamaican parents, I wasn’t allowed to speak patois. Even so, there were certain words I had to relearn how to pronounce. I still pronounce some words the Jamaican way because it just sounds natural. Did your Jamaican parents encourage or discourage you from speaking patois? And which Jamaican pronunciations have you never been able to shake? #JamaicanAmerican #FirstGenerationAmerican #JamaicanCulture #GrowingUpJamaican

She secured $125,000 from Boeing before her nonprofit ran a single program. How did she get a company to invest in her vision? Come hear from Robin Berlinsky herself. If you lead a nonprofit, serve on a board, or help raise funds, bring your questions and a fellow changemaker. Friday, October 23 11:30 AM–2 PM Hilton Pearl River Comment “ABUNDANT” and I’ll send you the link to register. #RBWN #NonprofitLeadership #Fundraising #RocklandCounty #WomenInBusiness

Sometimes you have to stop and appreciate how far you’ve come. My parents came to America and built what would become Caribbean Food Delights and Royal Caribbean Bakery. Thanks to an invitation from our bank, Bank Of America, I had the privilege to enjoy dinner prepared by celebrity chefs Maneet Chauhan, and Stephanie Izard at the NYC Wine & Food Festival. I am grateful for the continued support of our bank, the opportunities my parents created for our family and for the journey we’re continuing. And how fitting that I spotted Rick‘s Cafe billboard as I was leaving Manhattan. #FamilyBusiness #JamaicanAmerican #NYCWFF #CaribbeanFoodDelights #RoyalCaribbeanBakery

Chinese Jamaican Jerk Short Ribs. Secret ingredients to Chinese Jamaican cooking is soy sauce and Jerk seasoning. 3 lbs Short Ribs 1/4 cup Soy Sauce 2 tbsp Jerk Seasoning 2 tbsp Garlic Paste 1 onion chopped 1 cup Baby Carrots 1 tbsp Caribbean Food Delights Seasoning Salt 1 cup Dry Red Wine 1-1/2 cup Beef Broth Thyme 2 tbsp Ketchup or Tomato Paste Olive oil for sautéing Cut slits into the short ribs. Season with soy sauce, jerk seasoning and garlic paste. Cook onions and carrots with seasoning salt. Remove from pan. Braise short ribs. Deglaze with red wine and beef broth. Add thyme and ketchup. Pressure cook onions high for 45 mins, natural release for 15 for roast beef like texture. Longer for softer texture. #ShortRibs #JamaicanChinese #Jerkribs #CaribbeanFoodDelights #JamaicanFood

Coconut Loaf Cake. Your logo. Our coconut loaf cake. A sweet addition to your counter. At Royal Caribbean Bakery, we make loaf cakes you can slice, wrap, and finish with your shop’s logo sticker ready to sell by the slice. Own a Caribbean shop, bodega, deli, café, or market? Message Royal Caribbean Bakery for wholesale information. #RoyalCaribbeanBakery #CoconutCake #WholesaleBakery #Bodega #CafeOwner

Ackee & Saltfish Pizza! When making over 100s of pizzas of course the Jamaican in me wanted to put Ackee & Saltfish on a pizza. Had the idea to do this last year and many suggested I do one, but the idea to do the fried dumpling pizzas took priority. Here is simply pizza with Ackee and Saltfish as toppings. Pizza dough (find the recipe I use in an earlier post) Marinara sauce Mozzarella Cheese Ackee & Saltfish #ackeeandsaltfish #ackeeandsaltfishpizza #JamaicanFood #Pizza

The Best Pizza Dough Recipe. After getting my pizza oven 3 years ago, I studied and tested several pizza recipes. I came up with the best one which is Vito Iacopelli’s recipe with olive oil added in the dough. Poolish: 300g ‘00’ Pizza Flour (I use Caputo or King Arthur) 300g water 1/2 tsp instant yeast 5g honey or agave Mix everything. Cover sit at room temp for 1 hour then put in fridge for 16-24 hours. Pizza dough: All poolish 700g water Mix it together. 40g fine sea salt 40g olive oil 1250g ‘00’ Pizza Flour Mix all together until form a rough dough. Rest 15 minutes. Lift dough a few times to knead it until smooth. Rest 30 minutes. Divide into nine ~280g balls. Rest 2 hours. Heat up home oven with cast iron pizza steel last hour before dough balls are ready. Make pizza. #pizza

Sushi Rice Ratios. For every 1 cup of sushi rice you want 1-1/3 cup water, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 tablespoon rice vinegar, 1 tsp kosher salt. 3 cups medium grain Nishiski rice 4 cups water Seasoning syrup: 3 tbsp sugar 3 tbsp rice vinegar 1 tbsp kosher salt Cook rice in pot or rice cooker. In a pan, make seasoning rice syrup. Boil it until the sugar dissolves and it thickens a little. Add to cooked sushi rice and fluff the rice. #sushirice #recipe

Modern Day Rasta Pasta. When I hear Rasta Pasta, I think ital, vegan or plant based. When I ask my elders they say Rasta pasta was tri colored pasta. Some people are putting jerk chicken and all sorts of meat in theirs. 1 lb penne pasta 1 stick of butter 1 cup cream 1 cup pasta water (or add 2 tbsp of flour to the butter and use plain water) 1 tbsp jerk seasoning 1/2 cup cheddar cheese 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese 1/4 cup Boursin Garlic Herb Cheese 1 red, yellow, green sweet pepper #RastaPasta

Jamaican Meatloaf is completely different than what is considered a meatloaf in America. A Jamaican meatloaf is a Jamaican Patty filled with meat, but in a crust made of a yeast raised dough. It’s like a small loaf of bread stuffed with meat. There is a proofing step before baking. You have to let the dough rise before baking it in the oven. From frozen it could take about 4 hours to proof in a proof box. #JamaicanMeatloaf #JamaicanFood #JamaicanPatty #Meatloaf

The Ultimate Jamaican Shepherd’s Pie! Sweet plantain mash, jerk seasoning, pickapeppa sauce, a patty on the bottom and crispy patty crust on top! 1 Caribbean Food Delights Jamaican Spicy Beef Patty 1/4 lb ground beef or lamb 1/4 onion, minced 1/2 carrot diced 1 tsp garlic paste 1 tsp Caribbean Food Delights Seasoning Salt 1 tsp jerk seasoning 2 tsp Pickapeppa Sauce 1 tbsp ketchup Thyme 2 Tbsp frozen green peas 1 ripe plantain, fried, mashed Prepare the Jamaican Beef Patty. Cook the onion and carrots. Add the rest of the ingredients except the peas and plantain. Stir in peas. Layer bottom of dish with half of the patty with patty meat, then cooked ground beef, mashed plantain. Top it off with the flaky, patty crust. #JamaicanShepherdsPie #JamaicanPatty #MashPlantain #ShepherdsPie

Jerk Meatballs! 1 Caribbean Food Delights Jamaican Meatloaf 1/2 cup whole milk Soak meatloaf in milk. Mash it up. 2 tbsp oil 1/2 onion 1 tbsp garlic paste Sauté in pan with oil. 1 lb ground beef 1-2 tsp Caribbean Food Delights Seasoning Salt 2 tsp Jerk Seasoning 1/3 cup shredded mozzarella Marinara Sauce Mix all ingredients together except marinara sauce. Form into balls. Cook in oven or pan. Add marinara sauce to make gravy. #JerkMeatballs #JamaicanFood #Meatballs #JamaicanMeatloaf

Rasta Pasta Vampire Meatloaf! Meatloaf is in my fyp and Chef Genevieve is a girl after my own heart! We used to host Halloween parties where I laid out a corpse dinner with meatloaf as limbs, linked sausage as intestines, mummy dogs, witch finger cookies, jack-o’-lantern clementines, and brain jello by a plastic skull. Halloween is on a Saturday this year…what are you bringing to the party? #rastapasta #meatloaf #jamaicanmeatloaf #jamaicanfood #halloweenfood

Jamerican Meatloaf Meatloaf: 2 lbs ground beef 1 onion minced 2 tbsp garlic paste 2 eggs 1 Caribbean Food Delights Jamaican Meatloaf 1 cup whole milk 1 tbsp Caribbean Food Delights Seasoning Salt 1 tbsp kosher salt 1 tbsp parsley 2 tsp thyme 1 tsp oregano 1/4 cup ketchup Black pepper Ketchup glaze: 1/2 cup brown sugar 3/4 cup ketchup 1/4 vinegar 2 tsp onion powder 2 tsp garlic powder After proofing and baking Jamaican meatloaf, break it up and soak it in milk. Cook onions and set aside to cool. Mix all the meatloaf ingredients together. Bake in loaf pan for 1 hour at 350F. Pour ketchup glaze on top and bake for 10 minutes more. Serve with potatoes and veggies. Enjoy! #meatloaf #jamaicanmeatloaf #jamerican #fallrecipes #caribbeanfooddelights

Ackee & Saltfish Dumpling Surprise! This is something my mom came up with. She sold it at JerkQ’zine Caribbean Grille. It was stuffed with either bully beef, callaloo & codfish or ackee and codfish and sometimes she would just do codfish no ackee. She also formulated the dumpling mix. 1 pouch Caribbean Food Delights Dumpling Mix 1 cup water Ackee & Saltfish Oil for frying Prepare dough. Divide into 10 pieces. Flatten the edges and fill with ackee and Saltfish. Pinch it closed. Fry it in oil.

Ackee & Saltfish Fried Dumpling Bowl! Many requested this. I did this with the mini bowls. Here it is in the bigger bowl. 1 Caribbean Food Delights Fried Dumpling Mix 1 cup water Ackee & Saltfish Mix dumpling mix with water until you get a soft dough. Oil the outside of a Pyrex bowl and leave it dry on the rim. Wrap the dumpling dough around the outside of the bowl and fry. Remove the bowl and fill with hot oil to fry the inside. Fill with Ackee & Saltfish. #ackeeandsaltfish #FriedDumpling

Key Lime Upside Down Cheesecake. Cheesecake filling: 8 oz cream cheese 1/8 cup sour cream 1/2 cup So Delicious Coco Whip 1/4 cup powdered sugar 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/2 Lime, juiced Lime zest Lime curd: 1 egg 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1/4 cup lime juice 1 Tbsp Butter Crust: 3 sleeves of biscoff cookie sandwiches 3 tbsp butter, melted #Cheesecake #UpsidedownCheesecake #Recipe #Keylime #KeylimePie

Snapper Sushi! Anything can be rolled into a sushi. Using our steamed snapper from yesterday, we’ve made a snapper cucumber roll. #snapper #sushi #jamaicanfood

Properly cleaned Snapper! When my dad taught me how to clean whole fish, he only showed me the gutting part and I did the scaling and the trimming of the fins. A Good Samaritan came into my DMs to let me know the inside of the fish I made wasn’t properly cleaned. So I took the time to learn how to do that part properly. Oven Baked Steamed Snapper: Whole Snapper Caribbean Food Delights Seasoning Salt Thyme Butter Okra Water Crackers #cleanfish #snapper #seasoningsalt #recipe

Jamaican Curry Goat 2 lbs goat meat, cut small 1 onion sliced 3 scallions, chopped 1 tbsp garlic paste 2 tbsp Caribbean Food Delights Curry Powder 1 tsp ground allspice Fresh Thyme leaves 1 Scotch bonnet pepper sliced Fresh ginger, grated Turmeric, grated or ground Salt and pepper to taste 2 tbsp Caribbean Food Delights Curry Powder 1/4 c Oil 1-2 cups Water 2 Irish Russet Potatoes, cut up small Lime and vinegar Wash the goat meat in lime and vinegar. Marinate in goat. Heat up oil and fry curry powder. Add marinated goat and water. Pressure cook on high for 50 minutes. Natural release for 15 minutes. Release remaining pressure. Taste for salt. Add potatoes and pressure for 10 minutes. Serve. #CurryGoat #JamaicanFood #CurryPowder #CaribbeanFoodDelights

Sushi Rice & Peas! So you can turn all your Jamaican meals into sushi. 1 can pigeon (gungo) peas 4 cups of liquid (water in can + water) 1 oz coconut cream 1 scallion halved and smashed 1 smashed garlic clove 1 sprig of thyme 1/2 tsp ground allspice 1 tsp kosher salt 1 whole scotch bonnet pepper 3 cups sushi rice Boil the peas with all the ingredients except the rice. Add the rice. Cover and cook 17- 20 minutes. Fluff the rice! #Sushi #RiceAndPeas #jamaicanfood