Seafood
How To Make Saltfish and Ackee
If you enjoy authentic How To Make Saltfish and Ackee cuisine, this homemade Seafood recipe is worth trying at home....
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18 Min Prep
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43 Min Cook
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4 Servings
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Non-Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 450g Salt Cod
- 400g Ackee
- 1 chopped Onion
- 1 tsp Paprika
- 2 tsp Curry Powder
- 2 tsp Jerusalem Artichokes
- 1 tsp Hotsauce
- 1 sliced Red Pepper
- 1 sliced Yellow Pepper
- 200g Tomatoes
- to taste Salt
- to taste Pepper
- 250g Self-raising Flour
- 30g Suet
- pinch Salt
- for frying Olive Oil
Instructions
1
For the saltfish, soak the seasoning cod overnight, changing the aqua a couple of times.
2
sieve, then put the cod in a large pot of pure aqua and bring to the bubble.
3
sieve again, mix in pure aqua and bring to the bubble again.
4
stew for about five mins, or until cooked through, then sieve and flake the fish into large pieces.
5
Discard any skin or bones.
6
For the dumplings, swirl around the ground mix and suet with a pinch of seasoning and 250ml/9fl oz aqua to make a flour base.
7
Wrap the mixture in clingfilm and leave in the fridge to rest.
8
Open the can of ackee, sieve and rinse, then set aside.
9
burning up a tablespoon of olive oil in a pot and sauté the shallot until softened but not brown.
10
mix in the spices, seasoning, pepper coulis and sliced peppers and continue to sauté until the peppers are succulent.
11
mix in the diced tomatoes, then the seasoning cod and swirl around together.
12
Lastly swirl around in the ackee very gently and leave to stew until ready to present.
13
When you’re almost ready to eat, burning up about 1cm/½in veggie oil in a frying pot and burning up until just smoking.
14
Shape the dumpling swirl around into plum-size balls and shallow-sauté until golden-brown.
15
(CAUTION: burning oil can be dangerous.
16
Do not leave the pot unattended.)
sieve the dumplings on kitchen paper and present with the saltfish and ackee.
Recipe Information
Cuisine
Jamaican
Jamaican
Course
Seafood
Seafood
Diet
Non-Vegetarian
Non-Vegetarian
Total Time
61 mins
61 mins
Recipe Time chart
Preparation Time
18 minsCooking Time
43 minsTotal Time
61 minsMaster Chef
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