Green seasoning

Name: Green seasoning
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: Makes about 250g
Cuisine: Caribbean recipes
Ingredients: 15g thyme, roughly chopped; 30g flatleaf parsley, roughly chopped; ½ large onion, roughly chopped; 3 spring onions, roughly chopped; 2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped; ½ scotch bonnet chilli, roughly chopped; ½ large red pepper, roughly chopped; 125ml cider vinegar

Portion size: Makes about 250g
Hands-on time 5 min
Difficulty: easy

Dairy-free

Gluten-free

Vegan

Recipe by: Lara Luck

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This combination of herbs, aromatics and peppers whizzed with vinegar is used as a marinade and cooking sauce throughout the Caribbean, and every cook has their own version; food writer Lara Luck shares her version with us here. You can buy it ready-made, but nothing beats a fresh batch – and it’s ready in seconds.

Food writer, food stylist and food consultant Lara has developed recipes for brands including Waitrose, Ocado and Asda. Though born and raised in the UK, her heritage is from the Caribbean islands of St Lucia and Grenada and Lara’s food reflects this. She won Best Caribbean Food 2022 at the Be Inclusive Hospitality awards and is a member of the Guild of Food Writers. Follow Lara on Instagram.

Before you start

Caribbean green seasoning is exactly what it says it is – a mix of herbs, aromatics, salt and pepper that’s used for marinades or for flavouring sauces and stews. If you like your food very hot, you could add more scotch bonnet.