Portuguese cod cakes

Step 1 of 3

Scrub the unpeeled potatoes, cut them up and finely dice the onion.

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10 min

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Ingredients

  • 500 gFish, cod, Atlantic, raw
  • 700 gPotatoes, russet, flesh and skin, raw (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)
  • 150 gEgg, whole, raw, fresh
  • 100 gOnions, raw
  • 40 gOil, olive, salad or cooking
  • 5 gSalt, table
  • 1,500 gBeverages, water, tap, drinking not counted – removed
  • 1,000 gBeverages, water, tap, drinking not counted – removed

Method

  1. Scrub the unpeeled potatoes, cut them up and finely dice the onion.
  2. Boil the potatoes for 16 minutes and the fresh cod in a second pan for 8 minutes at 90 °C until opaque and flaking; drain both.
  3. Fry the onion in 80 g oil for 4 minutes and remove it. Mash the potato and cod, mix in onion, egg and salt and shape 16 cakes; fry them in the same oil for 3 minutes per side.