During one of our stays in Montserrat, there was a cookbook in the home titled “Nevis Great House Cookbook” that had some great recipes from Nevis’ historic sugar plantation inns.  The cookbook was dated from the 60’s and many of the restaurants are no longer there.  A few recipes that intrigued us were from the Nisbet Plantation, Golden Rock, and Croney’s Old Manor Estate.

Below is one of those recipes from the Golden Rock Inn, which is still in business.

The Golden Rock

A massive 17th Century-style Four-Poster Bed, reputed to be the largest on the island, dominates the impressive Honeymoon Room in the original cut-stone Sugar Mill at Golden Rock, whilst the immaculately restored 1805 Long-House Building has a rare and impressive barrel-vaulted ceiling. Elsewhere on the estate which is run by Pam Barry, a direct descendent of Edward Huggins who built Golden Rock, Mother Nature has run riot over the stone walls that line the undulating main drive and around the delicately pastel-coloured Cottages that provide the extremely comfortable accommodations, close to the many charming walking paths at the Rain Forest’s edge.

The West Indian decoration style, with handmade grass rugs, fine mahogany and cane furniture, pastel portraits and pictures of Caribbean village scenes, blends superbly with the many original cut-stone features still in evidence at Golden Rock.