Recipe courtesy of Manouschka Guerrier
Ackee and Cod Stewart Loaf (Ackee-Saltfish-Codfish-Bacalao Loaf)
- Level: Intermediate
- Yield: 9 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 9 servings
- Calories
- 128
- Total Fat
- 6
- Saturated Fat
- 1
- Carbohydrates
- 14
- Dietary Fiber
- 2
- Sugar
- 7
- Protein
- 6
- Cholesterol
- 13
- Sodium
- 56
- Total: 14 hr 50 min
- Prep: 30 min
- Inactive: 14 hr
- Cook: 20 min
Ingredients
1/2 pound dried codfish (saltfish/bacalao)
Olive oil spray
3/4 (19-ounce) can ackees, drained
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 scallion, greens only, chopped
3/4 (3.52-ounce) packet Spanish seasoning without annato (recommended: Sazon Goya sin Achiote)
1/2 teaspoon Creole seasoning
1/4 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
Lime powder (recommended: True Lime Natural Crystallized Lime), or lime zest
Freshly ground black pepper
Breadcrumbs
1/8 teaspoon Scotch bonnet or sriracha hot sauce
Directions
- Soak the cod in water the night before in the refrigerator. On the day you plan to prepare the dish, change the water and soak again for about 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 9 mini loaf pans with olive oil spray.
- Fill a medium saucepan with water and bring to a boil. Add the fish and boil for 20 minutes to remove any bones. Allow to cool.
- In a separate bowl, mix the fish, ackees, mayonnaise, and scallions. Using the various seasonings, incorporate into the mixture according to your taste. Add the breadcrumbs a little at a time, tasting as you do this to make sure you don't lose the flavor of the fish or the ackees.
- Once you achieve the flavor that suits you, add the hot sauce. Once again, use caution when adding hot sauce so you don't make the fish too spicy.
- Evenly divide and press the fish mixture into each loaf pan and bake in the oven for 20 minutes, or until browned.
- Remove the loaves from the oven. Put a cutting board on top of each loaf pan and flip. Repeat with remaining loaf pans. Serve.