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ACRAS - Portuguese cod cakes

Added by kye in france | Fri 30 Jan 2009 @ 15:32

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Ingredients

Method
Cod

Soak cod, fillet fish, being careful to remove all bones, and cook in court bouillon.
Drain cooked fish and mash with a fork.
Mix in oil with a wooden spoon.
Add chopped onion, parsley, garlic and hot pepper.

Preparation—Batter

Make a well in the flour, add salt and pepper.
Add eggs one at a time, then milk.
Knead until dough is smooth and elastic.
Cover with a cloth and let rise in a warm place.

Preparation—Cakes

Mix batter and cod mixture together.
Drop by spoonfuls into boiling oil.
Remove acras when gold.

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1. by Henrique Ferreira on Tue 14 Sep 2010 @ 17:40

Hi,

I am also portuguese and I can tell that not even the recipe is right. Yes, tmscorreia is right, the proper name is "pastel de bacalhau" or "pastéis de bacalhau", patéis being the plural of pastel. There is also one main ingredient missing, mashed potato. And there is no batter in the recipe. The "pastéis de bacalhau" are "rugby ball" shaped because they are shaped with two tablespoons.
Acra is a caribean recipe and is completely different in taste and also in shape (acras in the pic). And the recipe is also wrong if it is acra. Some ingredients missing.

I will post a "pastéis de bacalhau" recipe and pic when I have more time.

Cheers,
Henrique

2. by tmscorreia on Mon 22 Jun 2009 @ 11:51

hi,
I'm portuguese and i have to say that the really portuguese name for that recipe is ''Pastéis de Bacalhau'' and not Acras (that's the name for some other recipe in Spain, i think).

thanks.