Medium
Christmas Noche Buena
Colombo de Porc - Martinican Christmas Pork Curry
Martinique's festive Antillean curry - pork in coconut curry with Caribbean spices. This French Caribbean island represents Creole mastery and cultural blending.
248
Total Minutes
8
Servings
Gluten-Free
Cooking Times
135 min
Prep Time
113 min
Cook Time
248 min
Total Time
Ingredients (12 items)
3.00 lbs
Pork shoulder
cubed
0.25 cup
Colombo powder
Antillean curry blend
2.00 cans
Coconut milk
1.00 large
Eggplant
cubed
2.00
Chayote
christophene, cubed
2.00 large
Potatoes
cubed
2.00 large
Onions
chopped
6.00 cloves
Garlic
minced
1.00
Scotch bonnet pepper
whole
4.00 sprigs
Thyme
0.25 cup
Vegetable oil
2.00 tsp
Salt
Instructions (8 steps)
1
Marinate pork with colombo powder, garlic, salt for 2 hours.
120 minutes
2
Brown pork in oil in batches. Remove and set aside.
15 minutes
3
Sauté onions in same pot until golden.
8 minutes
4
Return pork. Add coconut milk, thyme, scotch bonnet.
5
Simmer covered 60 minutes until pork tender.
60 minutes
6
Add eggplant, chayote, potatoes. Cook 30 minutes until tender.
30 minutes
7
Should be thick, aromatic, and creamy. Remove scotch bonnet.
8
Serve with white rice. Martinique Christmas tradition.