Pastéis de Bacalhau

Pasteis de Bacalhau... Estar fora não é sinónimo de passar fome!!!

Me and Filipa cooked another Portuguese dish. With cod-fish of course! I have to do something with the 2 salted cod-fish I brought... Salted Cod Fish Dumplings! The only problem was that we weren't sure about the amounts of each ingredient... So we turned out making some 50 dumplings of it. We were eating Salted Cod Fish Dumplings during the whole week! Anyway I'll leave you the recipe and a photo of the final result we had!

Pasteis de Bacalhau (Salted Cod Fish Balls)

Ingredients1

1/2 lb. bacalhau, de-boned (equivalent to 5 cups flaked bacalhau)

3 lb. potatoes (equivalent to 8 cups mashed potatoes)

4 eggs, beaten

Pepper, to taste

Olive oil (approx. 1 tbs.)

Method

1. Boil potatoes, peel and mash. Set aside.

2. Soak bacalhau in cold water overnight.

3. Drain and rinse again in cold water.

4. Boil for 15 minutes.

5. Break into small pieces.

6. Place a handful of bacalhau at a time into blender or food processor and blend for a few minutes until flaked.

7. Mix potatoes and bacalhau. Add beaten eggs (pour in half first), pepper and olive oil. (Do not add salt as bacalhau is salty).

8. Form into balls with a fork to give an uneven texture.

9. Deep fry approx. 20 at a time.

Bom apetite!