Food specialities in Guadeloupe

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The Islands of GuadeloupeFood and Wine

ATOUT FRANCE/Eric Larrayadieu
© ATOUT FRANCE/Eric Larrayadieu

Reading time: 0 minPublished on 4 January 2023

Local products

  • Tropical fruit

Savoury food

  • Fish cooked with lime juice on a barbecue (Vivaneau, shark, marlin)
  • Lobster and ouassou (a kind of springwater shrimp)
  • Stuffed earthly crabs
  • Chicken or lamb cari (dish based on massala)
  • Calalou (mashed vegetables)
  • Féroce (mixture of cod and “avocat”)
  • Bébélé (traditional dish in Marie-Galante inspired by African tradition)

Alcohol

  • Rum, rum based cocktails and especially Ti-Punch (rum, lime and cane sugar traditional cocktail)

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