Ackee And Salt Fish Stuffed Fried Dumplings

Where would Jerked meats and Fried Escovitch Fish be without fried dumplings? Or, the National Dish of Jamaica ‘Ackee and Salt-fish’; which is delicious stuffed inside split open fried dumplings, by the way.

Fish lovers can eat fried dumplings with Red Herrings, sardines, or tinned mackerel.Vegans can enjoy fried dumplings with Steamed Callaloo or, Jamaican style Steamed Cabbage.The list of suitable accompaniments is endless…. Just Cook, Nyam and Enjoy! This recipe for fried dumplings with stuffed Ackee and salt fish goes fast, so make sure you make enough for everyone to eat seconds! 

Ingredients: ½-pound salt fish fresh ackee soaked, or tinned ackee 1 medium onion, chopped 1 small sweet pepper (yellow/red or green), julienned (bell pepper) 1 medium tomato, chopped 2 cloves of garlic, minced 1 teaspoon scotch bonnet pepper, chopped finely (omit if you don’t want the dish spicy) 2 stalks scallion, chopped (spring onion) 1-2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil salt and pepper to taste 

1 ½ C. self-rising flour 

2TB Sugar

½ tsp Salt

¼ C. milk + ¼ C. water, combined

1 ½ C. vegetable oil  

 3 inch biscuit cutter (optional) 

Directions: 1. Put saltfish to soak in cold water for about 1 hour. 2. Pour off water; add fresh water and boil until tender. 3. De-bone and flake the saltfish. 4. Heat oil and sauté onion, garlic, scallions, tomatoes, scotch bonnet pepper and sweet pepper until tender, about five to six minutes. 5. Add flaked saltfish, fresh or canned ackee and black pepper. 6. Toss lightly; cover and allow to stand over low heat for about 2 minutes.  

7. Add all dry Ingredients together. 

8. Mix milk and water combined slowly to form a soft but not sticky dough. 

9. Set dough aside to rest for 10 minutes. 

10. On a floured surface use a rolling pin to roll out your dough. ( this is compelely optional if your comfident in what your doing you can just break it off with your hands.

11. Using a 3 inch biscuit cutter make little round circles on your dough, flatten and stuff with a table spoon of ackee and salt fish filling in the middle of the dough. 

12. Bring up the edges and pinch them together. then use your hands to roll each piece into small circles. 

13. Drop pieces in hot oil and let dumplings fry until they are golden in color, about 5 minutes.

14. Enjoy