Traditional Saltfish and Ackee Recipe
Seafood

Traditional Saltfish and Ackee Recipe

If you enjoy authentic Traditional Saltfish and Ackee Recipe cuisine, this homemade Seafood recipe is worth trying at home....

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5 Min Prep

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12 Min Cook

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6 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 liquid a couple of times.
2
strain, then put the cod in a large cooking vessel of crisp liquid and bring to the bubble.
3
strain again, introduce crisp liquid and bring to the bubble again.
4
stew for about five mins, or until cooked through, then strain and flake the fish into large pieces.
5
Discard any skin or bones.
6
For the dumplings, incorporate the baking flour and suet with a pinch of seasoning and 250ml/9fl oz liquid to make a flour base.
7
Wrap the mixture in clingfilm and leave in the fridge to rest.
8
Open the can of ackee, strain and rinse, then set aside.
9
mildly hot a tablespoon of olive margarine in a cooking vessel and shallow fry the shallot until softened but not brown.
10
introduce the spices, seasoning, pepper condiment dip and sliced peppers and continue to shallow fry until the peppers are yielding.
11
introduce the finely sliced tomatoes, then the seasoning cod and incorporate together.
12
Lastly mix gently in the ackee very gently and leave to stew until ready to dish up.
13
When you’re almost ready to eat, mildly hot about 1cm/½in veggie margarine in a frying cooking vessel and mildly hot until just smoking.
14
Shape the dumpling incorporate into plum-size balls and shallow-shallow fry until golden-brown.
15
(CAUTION: burning margarine can be dangerous.
16
Do not leave the cooking vessel unattended.) strain the dumplings on kitchen paper and dish up with the saltfish and ackee.

Recipe Information

Cuisine
Jamaican
Course
Seafood
Diet
Non-Vegetarian
Total Time
17 mins

Recipe Time chart

Preparation Time

5 mins

Cooking Time

12 mins

Total Time

17 mins
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Author

Master Chef

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