Saltfish Fritters

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Saltfish Fritters (aka Stamp and Go)

Ingredients

 1/2lb of saltfish
 1 onion
 1 scotch bonnet pepper
 1 clove of garlic
 3 cups of flour
 pinch of salt
 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper
 2 cups of water
 Oil for frying

Preparation

 Soak the saltfish in water for half an hour










 Chop the garlic, pepper and onion in to small pieces










 Flake the fish in to small pieces after it has finished soaking










 Seive the flour into a bowl










 Stir in the saltfish, onion, garlic, pepper, salt and pepper










 Slowly stir in the water, stop adding the water when the mixture has a slightly sloppy consistency.

Cooking

 Fill a frying pan about 1/2cm deep with oil and heat. Spoon fritters (about 1 heaped tablespoon of the mixture) in to the pan, fry for 10 minutes, turn over then fry the other side for a further 5 minutes. Repeat until all of the fritters are cooked.










 Place the fritters on to a piece of kitchen roll to absorb some of the excess oil

Serving

 Serve on their own or with bread or bully beef.










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