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Tropical salt fish fritters, ‘zing ting’ aioli and a winter citrus salad

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Salt fish usually requires overnight soaking, but this cheat’s version speeds up the process. Use it to make beautifully flavoured fritters, which go perfectly with a zingy aioli and refreshing winter citrus salad.

Ingredients

For the cheat’s salt fish

For the ‘zing ting’ aioli

  • ½ thumb-sized piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
  • 2 tbsp tamarind paste
  • 1 tsp Scotch bonnet-based pepper sauce (or a fingernail-sized piece of Scotch bonnet, or other chilli)
  • 2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
  • 1 tbsp fresh coriander leaves
  • 100²µ/3½´Ç³ú mayonnaise
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • ½ lime, juice only

For the winter citrus salad

  • 1 blood orange, peel and pith removed and flesh cut into 1½cm/½in-thick slices
  • ¼ red onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 clementine, peel and pith removed and flesh cut into 1½cm/½in-thick slices
  • 1 grapefruit, peel and pith removed and flesh cut into 1½cm/½in-thick slices
  • 1 tbsp clear honey
  • ½ thumb-sized piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and grated
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • micro coriander, to garnish

For the tropical salt fish fritters

To serve