Codfish Fitters
From Brazilian Flair in the USA [1]
Notes
Serve them with slices of lime and a caipirinha or your favorite drink.
Ingredients
- 1 pound bacalhau (dry salted codfish)
4 starchy potatoes
Salt
1 egg
2 garlic cloves
1 onion, shredded
1 handful fresh parsley, chopped
Flour, just enough to bind
1 handful fresh cilantro, chopped
Directions
- Leave the bacalhau at least 48 hours covered in water, changing water as many times as you remember.
- Cook the potatoes and mash them. Set aside.
- Start shredding the bacalhau with your hands until the fish is completely broken into very small pieces.
- Add the fish to the mashed potatoes and mix with your hands as much as possible to homogenize the mixture.
- Try the mixture and see if it needs any salt.
- Add the egg, the smashed garlic cloves, onions, and parsley cut in very small pieces. Mix everything very well again until all is incorporated and homogenized.
- Make little balls of any size and let it refrigerate for 20 minutes.
- Fry in very hot and generous amount of oil. At least half of the cakes must be covered when frying. Let them fry until golden and then turn the cakes around and fry the other side. Remove from the pan and let the cakes dry on paper towels for few seconds and then serve.
Information
- Category
- Seafood, Appetizers
- Cuisine
- South American