COPPERSaltfish and dumplings recipe
Salt cod desalted overnight and stewed, served with boiled coconut dumplings and chilli-fried plantain.
Ingredients
- 400 g salt cod
- 250 g flour
- 60 g grated coconut
- 2 plantains
- 1 onion
- 100 g sweet pepper
- 200 g tomato
- 3 clove garlic
- 1 tsp thyme
- 1 scotch bonnet pepper
- 3 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp black pepper
How to make Saltfish and dumplings
- Soak 400 g of salt cod overnight in cold water, changing the water twice, then boil it 20 minutes and flake it, discarding skin and bones.
- Knead 60 g flour with 60 g grated coconut and about 150 ml water into a firm dough.
- Roll the dough into finger-shaped dumplings and boil them in salted water 15 to 20 minutes, until they float and are fluffy inside.
- Heat 3 tbsp oil and soften 1 chopped onion, 100 g diced sweet pepper, 3 minced garlic cloves and 1 tsp thyme, 4 minutes.
- Add 200 g chopped tomato and half a chopped scotch bonnet, and cook 5 minutes into a sauce.
- Fold in the flaked saltfish, season with 1 tsp black pepper and stew gently 10 minutes.
- Fry 2 sliced ripe plantains in the remaining oil until caramelised, then toss them with the rest of the scotch bonnet, chopped.
- Serve the stewed saltfish with the coconut dumplings and the spicy plantains.
What is Saltfish and dumplings?
Saltfish and dumplings is a traditional dish from Saint Kitts and Nevis, cooked in a pan, and takes about 13 hours and 20 minutes from start to finish. It is built around salt cod, flour and tomato. The recipe below uses 12 ingredients and is written out step by step.
How long does Saltfish and dumplings take?
At 800 minutes it is slower than 84% of the 586 dishes in Copper's atlas. Copper's atlas has 3 dishes built on salt cod. The method runs to 8 steps, the longest being 20 minutes.
Any tips for making Saltfish and dumplings?
Soak the salt cod overnight in cold water, changing the water twice, then boil it before flaking, to draw the salt out.
How Saltfish and dumplings compares
Hard to find elsewhere: plantain (2), salt cod (3) and sweet pepper (3).
Cooked with the same thing elsewhere
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