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Saint Martin
Coconut Tart
A pastry filled with grated coconut, sugar, and spices; a local bakery specialty in Anguilla, often served with vanilla ice cream; a classic island dessert. Across the islands this coconut-filled tart is baked as a bakery sweet, with local notes ranging from Anguillian spice to Sint Maarten and Cayman fillings.
Aruba
Pastechi
A traditional Aruban breakfast and snack: a deep-fried crescent pastry filled with cheese, chicken, beef, tuna, or vegetables, seasoned with onion, green pepper, celery, raisins, cumin, nutmeg, and hot pepper.
British Virgin Islands
Pah-tehs
Savory fried pastries filled with seasoned ground beef, chicken, saltfish, conch, or vegetables; similar to empanadas; a popular street food and breakfast item in the British Virgin Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands
Coconut Pie
Coconut custard pie on a digestive biscuit base, topped with whipped cream and toasted coconut flakes; a Turks and Caicos dessert; a traditional island sweet; a distinctive TCI treat.