Festival (food)

The festivals or Jamaican festivals are a kind of deep-fried bread, typical of Jamaican cuisine.^[1] Despite its slightly sweet taste, is served as a side dish to dishes such as fried fish, escovitch fish or jerk chicken.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

It is a dough made with wheat flour, Cornmeal, baking powder, salt, milk powder unflavored milk or evaporated milk, sugar and water, then fried in a neutral cooking oil and served hot. The finished festival should be crispy on the outside while soft and fluffy on the inside.^[6]

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^ Raichlen, Stevel (1998). The Barbecue Bible.
^ "Sweet Jamaican Festival Dumpling". Retrieved November 27, 2018.
^ "Jamaica: 23 piatti da provare assolutamente" (in Italian). 27 August 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
^ "Festival Dumplings". Retrieved November 27, 2018.
^ "Cucina giamaicana: ecco come si preparano i golosi "festivals"" (in Italian). November 25, 2018. Archived from the original on May 2, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
^ "Jamaican Festival Recipe". 24 May 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021.

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[1] Raichlen, Stevel (1998). The Barbecue Bible.

[2] "Sweet Jamaican Festival Dumpling". Retrieved November 27, 2018.

[3] "Jamaica: 23 piatti da provare assolutamente" (in Italian). 27 August 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2018.

[4] "Festival Dumplings". Retrieved November 27, 2018.

[5] "Cucina giamaicana: ecco come si preparano i golosi "festivals"" (in Italian). November 25, 2018. Archived from the original on May 2, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2018.

[6] "Jamaican Festival Recipe". 24 May 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021.

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