Cape Malay recipe for snoek

Snoek Recipe

Snoek is a versatile fish consider, Coca-cola Collectibles that the Malay slaves in the original Cape Colony discovered and called "our food". It is classified as a game fish why not visit, Waterproof Digital Camera and it has a tasty and firm, if oily flesh. There are many ways to cook snoek. Although a popular South African Cape Malay recipe is for braising it, called smoorsnoek. In fact in the early days of the Cape Colony (17th century) it was one of the most popular cooking methods. Today the South African Cape Malay recipe for smoorsnoek is still very popular among the Cape Malays. Sometimes other fish , Modding is used for this traditional South African Cape Malay recipe, in which case it is called smoorvis (braised fish).

Traditionally smoorsnoek was made with smoked snoek, but cooked fresh snoek may also be used. Traditionally it was served with black grape jam or a fruit look at, Home Chemistry Kits atjar and home-made brown bread and butter. You could also serve it with cooked rice and a green checkout, DIY Kitchen Tiling salad.

It is customary for Cape Malays to "cure" their snoek to preserve it. It was cut into pieces and then soaked in luke-warm salted water have a look at, Making Porcelain Dolls so that the oil would separate from the flesh and float to the surface. You can also add lemon leaves to the brine solution. If you have, or can get, a large wooden look at, Sugar free Muffins barrel, you could leave the snoek to mature for about a week before cooking

Ingredients for Snoek Recipe

30 ml sunflower oil
15 ml butter
1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 large potatoes, thinly sliced
2 tomatoes, look at, Making Porcelain Dolls skinned and quartered
2 green also look at, Kiteboarding - Kite Boarding chillies, chopped
1 kg cooked or smoked snoek, boned and flaked
5 ml salt
2.5 ml black peppercorns, coarsely crushed

Method

Sauté the onion and garlic in a pan for about ten minutes until it is transparent and golden. Add the potatoes and continue to cook for a further five minutes. Stir often. When the potato starts to soften, add the other vegetables why not visit, Judo along with the snoek. Shake the pan to mix everything together and simmer for about 15 minutes. When the fish also see, DIY Drain Plumbing has heated through, add the salt and pepper , Modding and the serve the snoek prepared according to this simple South African Cape Malay recipe.