Newfoundland Recipes

Jigg’s Dinner. An iconic Newfoundland meal that’s our take on corned beef and cabbage. A link is included for instructions for making homemade Newfoundland style salt meat!

Top Ten Newfoundland Recipes. A collection of 10 of our most popular Newfoundland recipes to date. Search the site for others, especially in our cookie section.

Five Star Bars. More a confection than a cookie bar with coconut and graham crumbs suspended in chewy caramel like base, topped with chocolate. Make and bake them in only about a half hour; a real Newfoundland favourite, especially around the Holidays.

Ragged Rock Rum Truffle Cake. A light sponge cake soaked in rum and then frosted with a an easy rum truffle frosting.

Homemade Salt Beef. Newfoundland style. Learn to make your own version of this incredibly popular Newfoundland favorite, that’s a must have for Jiggs Dinner!

Blueberry duff. A steamed pudding here in Newfoundland, sometimes served with dinner, sometimes as a dessert with blueberry or rum sauce.

Newfoundland Molasses Raisin Bread. A classic Newfoundland recipe that everyone’s Mom or Nan made back in the day. It’s often enjoyed at the Holidays and is a favourite for morning toast with gobs of melting butter.

Blueberry Tea Buns. Serve them warm from the oven just as they are or drizzle on a simple vanilla glaze to fancy them up for teatime.

Fish and Brewis. A very old traditional Newfoundland recipe made from hard tack and salt cod. It’s still an incredibly popular dish year round as well as at the holidays like Easter, Good Friday and Christmas Eve.

Cod Couvillion. From the shores of Newfoundland to the Gulf of Mexico, this Cajun fusion recipe from Louisiana native Courtney Howell, is a flavour packed seafood wonder.