Top Ten Newfoundland Recipes. NOW UPDATED TO 25 RECIPES! (2024)

Top Ten Newfoundland Recipes. NOW UPDATED TO 25 RECIPES AND RECIPE COLLECTIONS! 25 of our most popular Newfoundland recipes from 15 years online!

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Top Ten Newfoundland Recipes.

Although you may never have had a hankering for a Figgy Duff or Toutons with molasses, they are part and parcel of our culinary heritage here in Newfoundland and hey, maybe you just don’t know what you’ve been missing. Just click on the title or on the photo to be taken to the individual recipe.

Be sure to check out all of the recipes with a Newfoundland connection in our Newfoundland Inspired Recipes Category.

Top Ten Newfoundland Recipes

Top Ten Newfoundland Recipes. NOW UPDATED TO 25 RECIPES AND RECIPE COLLECTIONS! 25 of our most popular Newfoundland recipes from 15 years online!

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Jam Tarts

Jam tarts. A real Newfoundland favourite, especially using local berry jams. You can use any jam you like in these gorgeous little mini tarts.

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Gumdrop Crinkle Cakes

These gumdrop crinkle cakes are a memory from childhood and make an ideal lunchbox treat or after school snack.

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Newfoundland Molasses Raisin Tea Buns

Newfoundland Molasses Raisin Tea Buns - my recipe for soft, delicious, sweet molasses raisin tea buns that can be made using cinnamon & nutmeg as well. Perfect for a mug up any time.

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Super Crispy Fish and Chips

Super Crispy Fish and Chips - after years of experimenting I've perfected my homemade version of fish and chips that uses part rice flour in the batter recipe for guaranteed crunch.

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Fish and Brewis

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.

A simple collection of some of the most popular Newfoundland Christmas cookie recipes from my childhood in Newfoundland.

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Jigg's Dinner

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Homemade Salt Beef. Newfoundland style.

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Steamed Molasses Raisin Pudding

Steamed Molasses Raisin Pudding - a long time Newfoundland favourite that's easy to make and is delicious served with our recipe for simple butterscotch sauce.

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Moose Farts

Moose Farts - A super easy to prepare, no-bake cookie treat that kids will love and maybe giggle a little at the name too.

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Newfoundland Christmas Slush

Newfoundland Christmas Slush - a frosty blend of pineapple and citrus juices frozen together with amber rum to create the base for a delicious Holiday co*cktail.

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Best Newfoundland Christmas Cake Recipes

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Newfoundland Pea Soup and Dough Boys

Traditional Newfoundland Pea Soup and Dough Boys. A hearty local favorite that has warmed many a belly over the decades.

Newfoundland Cold Plate - a traditional post Christmas favourite. Heres a simple guide to putting together this simple, nostalgic favourite of Newfoundlanders everywhere.

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Lassy Mogs - a Newfoundland favourite.

Lassy Mogs - a Newfoundland favourite; well spiced, soft cookies with a deep molasses flavour and filled with dried fruit and crunchy pecans. Irresistible!

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Cod au Gratin

Cod au Gratin. New video recipe!! One of our most popular recipes in 15 years online. This version is easy to prepare and gets rave reviews every time.

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Newfoundland Jam Jams

Newfoundland Jam Jams - Jam Jams from Purity Factories are a Newfoundland institution. Here's a recipe for my homemade version of this local molasses and jam cookie classic.

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Newfoundland Date Crumbles

Newfoundland Date Squares or Date Crumbles is a recipe every local family knows and loves. The secret is having the right proportion of butter in the crumble and this recipe gets it just right.

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Newfoundland Figgy Duff

Newfoundland Figgy Duff has nothing to do with figs; raisins were once referred to as figs here & are always added to this traditional steamed pudding.

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Newfoundland Fish Cakes

Newfoundland Fish Cakes. These traditional Newfoundland fish cakes have been made for countless generations using the most basic of ingredients like potatoes, salt fish and onions.

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Newfoundland Toutons

Newfoundland Toutons. The delight of every Newfoundlander, especially served with melting butter & a drizzle of molasses.

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The Best Homemade White Bread

The Best Homemade White Bread - nothing says home baked comfort food goodness like a perfectly baked crusty loaf of homemade bread, fresh from the oven. This recipe is well over 40 years old and turns put perfectly every time.

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Newfoundland Style Cherry Cake – a traditional Christmas favorite

Newfoundland Cherry Cake is a big local favourite especially during the Holidays. The secret in this recipe is undiluted evaporated milk for added richness.

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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.

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The Best Newfoundland Raisin Tea Buns

Traditional Newfoundland tea buns are a cousin to scones and biscuits. Everyone's Mom or Nan made them. Perfect with a steaming cup of tea.

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The Perfect Newfoundland Snowballs Recipe

Newfoundland Snowballs - the most searched for Newfoundland recipe on RockRecipes.com. Soft chocolate fudge balls with the goodness of oatmeal and coconut. These freeze exceptionally well and my kids actually prefer to eat them frozen, just like I did as a child.

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FAQs

What is the most popular food in Newfoundland? ›

Signature Dish: Jiggs Dinner

If there's a single dish that embodies Newfoundland, Jiggs dinner—a dish composed of salt beef (known as corned beef in the US), greens, carrots, turnips, and pease pudding—would have to be it.

What is Newfoundland's national dish? ›

Fish 'N' Brewis

The recipe may vary from community to community, or even household to household, but the primary ingredients are always the same - salt cod and hard bread, or tack. The typical recipe calls for the fish to be soaked in water overnight to reduce the salt content. The bread also gets a soak.

What is the Newfoundland famous dinner? ›

Jiggs dinner, also called boiled dinner or cooked dinner, is a traditional meal commonly prepared and eaten on Sundays in Newfoundland. Corned beef and cabbage was the favorite meal of Jiggs, the central character in the popular, long-running comic strip Bringing Up Father by George McManus and Zeke Zekley.

What is the national drink of Newfoundland? ›

Long before any Canadian liquor board was created, the Jamaican rum that was eventually to be known as Screech was a mainstay of the traditional Newfoundland diet.

What is a Newfoundland breakfast? ›

A Newfoundland breakfast, derived in large part from the traditional fry-ups of the British Isles, may consist of beans, a touton, fried egg and bacon. Jeremy Keith/Wikipedia. ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Part 8 of a series.

What fruit is grown in Newfoundland? ›

Fruit crops that are grown in large quantities in the province include strawberries, lowbush blueberries, and raspberries. Fruit trees, currants, and most recently grapes, are also grown in smaller quantities, but in microclimates that support them.

Why do they call it a Jiggs dinner? ›

“Jiggs” is a reference to the protagonist of George McManus's comic strip Bringing Up Father. Jiggs was an Irish immigrant living in America who regularly ate corned beef and cabbage, a precursor to the Newfoundland dish.

What would a home style meal in Newfoundland consist of? ›

Jiggs dinner

Fill a simmering pot with salt beef, potatoes, cabbage, carrots, turnips, and pease pudding, and let the magic happen. Jiggs dinner is happiness on a plate. It's not surprising that this heaping platter of stewed comfort is Newfoundland's unofficial provincial dish.

What Berry is Indigenous to Newfoundland? ›

Newfoundland and Labrador has a variety of berries that make up an important part of our food culture. We are home to nutrient rich low-bush blueberries, partridge berries, blackberries, cloud berries or bakeapple, raspberry, currants, cranberries and strawberries to name a few.

What is Newfoundland Canada famous for? ›

Along with its impressive whale population, Newfoundland boasts incredible opportunities for birdwatching, and your odds are good of seeing eagles, ospreys, and even puffins. Newfoundland is often called the “seabird capital of North America,” so consider a birdwatching tour if you're obsessed with feathered friends.

What are Newfoundland people known for? ›

Newfoundland and Labrador has a reputation for being friendly. Warm and welcoming, fun loving and funny to the core, the people here are also known for their natural creativity, unique language, and knack for storytelling.

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