Cooking Recipe Acrats De Morue (Catfish Fritters)
Recipe Ingredients
1 1/2 c
Flour, all-purpose
1/2 ts
Salt
2 md
Eggs
3 tb
Butter, unsalted; melted,
-cooled
1 c
Milk, whole
1/2 lb
Salt codfish
1 ea
Pepper, hot; seeded
2 ea
Scallions; chopped fine
1 ea
Garlic cloves; crushed
1 tb
Parsley; chopped
1/2 ts
Thyme
1 ea
Allspice berry; ground
Pepper, black; to taste
Oil, vegetable
Directions
Sift flour and salt into bowl. Beat eggs with butter and add to
flour mixture. Add milk gradually, stirring only to mix. Add more
milk if batter is too stiff. Cover, allow to stand 3 hours.
Meanwhile, soak fish in cold water. Drain, remove bones and skin.
Pound fish in mortar with hot pepper. Add scallions, garlic, parsley,
thyme, allspice, and black pepper to taste. Stir into batter and
stand 30 minutes.
Heat oil in deep fryer (375F) and fry mixture by heaping tablespoons
until golden brown. Drain on paper towels and keep warm.