Things You'll Need:
- One half pound salted cod
- 2 cups flour
- 1 medium onion
- 1 clove garlic
- 2 scallions or 4 green onions
- salt and pepper to taste
- One half Scotch Bonnet pepper
- 2-3 cups cold water
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Step 1
Soak the saltfish for an hour or so to leech out some of the salt. Then pat dry and flake in a large bowl. Set aside.
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Step 2
Chop and saute onion, garlic and scallion and pepper in a little oil until the onion begins to become transparent. Some recipes add two or three medium chopped tomatoes to this mixture. Let cool a bit.
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Step 3
Sift the flour over the saltfish and mix well. Add the cooked vegetables. Toss so that ingredients are well coated. Salt and pepper to taste.
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Step 4
Add water to fish mixture gradually, stirring with each addition only until you have a batter that looks like lumpy pancake batter. Thickness is a matter of taste.
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Step 5
Heat oil in a heavy skillet until a drop of water spatters. Ease spoonfuls of batter into hot oil and fry until golden brown on both sides. Drain on a paper towel, sprinkle with paprika and and hold in a warm oven while finishing the batch.
