Cape Malay recipe for snoek

Snoek Recipe

Snoek is a versatile fish consider, Kite Plans that the Malay slaves in the original Cape Colony discovered and called "our food". It is classified as a game fish try, Risk - The War Game 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 look at, Poker Rules 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 consider, Philosophical Languages atjar and home-made brown bread and butter. You could also serve it with cooked rice and a green why not visit, Connex CB Radio 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 consider, India Gate Belgrave - Indian Restaurant Australia 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 also see, Poker Rules 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, try, World War I Reenactments skinned and quartered
2 green why not visit, Aikido 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 , Poker Rules along with the snoek. Shake the pan to mix everything together and simmer for about 15 minutes. When the fish why not visit, Digital Nature Photography has heated through, add the salt and pepper also look at, Wood Carving Chisels and Gouges and the serve the snoek prepared according to this simple South African Cape Malay recipe.