Codfish Balls

Ingredients
1/2lb salted codfish
2cups diced, raw potatoes
1tbsp butter
1/2tsp pepper
2eggs beaten
bread crumbs
vegetable oil for deep frying






Steps:
1. Soak codfish water, preferably overnight. Boil for 1/2hr. Drain, rinse under cold water and flake the fish making sure to remove bones.
2. Boil diced potatoes for 20minutes.
3. Add butter, pepper and shredded fish to potatoes, mix well.
4. Form mixture into light, feathery balls. Dip in beaten egg then breadcrumbs.
5. Fry in deep oil in fryer basket until golden brown.
6. Drain on absorbent paper and serve very hot with a cocktail sauce.
(Serves 12)

Corn Fritters

1lb can whole kernel corn
1 1/2 cups sifted all purpose flour
2tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2tbsp sugar
2 eggs beaten
milk
oil for deep frying


Steps:
1. Drain can of corn and save liquid
2. Make up liquid from can to 1cup with milk. Set aside.
3. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
4. Combine beaten egg, milk mixture and corn.
5. Add to dry ingredients and mix just until flour is moistened.
6. Drop batter by tbsp into hot oil (375ºF)
7. Fry until golden brown, (about 3minutes)
8. Drain on paper towel.
9. Serve with warm maple syrup.
(Serves 18)

Jamaican Saltfish (Codfish) Fritters

1/2 lb saltfish (salted codfish)
1/2 lb flour
2 onions
2 tomatoes (plummy)
2 cloves garlic
1/2 hot pepper (scotch bonnet is best)
2 stalks escallion
2tbsp oil
2tsp baking powder
oil for frying




Steps:
1. Soak saltfish, preferably overnight. Drain, rinse under cold water, flake the fish making sure to remove fish bones.
2. Chop finely, tomatoes, onion, garlic, escallion and pepper.
3. Saute in 2tbsp oil. Drain off oil and cool.
4. Add seasoning to raw codfish. Set aside.
5. Add baking powder to flour. Add codfish to flour.
6. Add enough water to make a medium batter.
7. Fry by tbsp in about 1/2 inch of oil or deep fat until golden brown.
8. Drain on absorbent paper.
9. Serve hot.
(Serves 24)

Escoveitched Fish

2lbs fish
1/4 cup flour
oil for frying
Escoveitch Sauce:
1cup vinegar
1cup water
a pinch of salt
1tsp sugar
1cup julienne strips of chochos and carrots
2-3 medium size onions, cut into rings
hot pepper to taste
6 pimento grains


Steps:
1. Prepare fish for frying
2. Lightly dust with flour
3. Fry fish in 1/2 inch deep oil
4. As soon as flesh is opaque, fish is ready. Set aside
5. Boil 1 part of water with 1 part of vinegar with a pinch of salt and a teaspoon of sugar.
6. Add julienne strips of chocho, carrots, hot pepper to taste, some pimento grains and onion rings
7. As soon as liquid boils, pour over fried fish. This is done the  day before it is eaten and it is not kept in the refrigerator.
(Serves 4-6)