anybody have any recipes for cooking ackee?....

[Stormmey]

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[Suesumba]

Re: anybody have any recipes for cooking ackee?....

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ja. Jewel</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SueSumba</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
ackee and mackerel -- do it the same way like saltfish

good luck. </div></div>

Have you tried this, Sue?...doesn't look like you think too much of it. I'm not really a big fan of tin mackeral anyway. </div></div>
not the tin mackerel, the salt mackerel.

they come in filets that look like this. i've tried it, but NOTHING can take the place of ackee and saltfish.

you can make the ackee ital, but it still lacks a punch. well, at least to me.

[mountaingal]

Re: anybody have any recipes for cooking ackee?....

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ja. Jewel</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MGee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i had ackee with pasta one time at a stoosh restaurant in jamaica. it was a valiant effort.

ackee in quiche pastry i've had.
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&quot;valiant&quot;....does that mean you liked it or not?....what kind of sauce was it served with? </div></div>
it was okay, but the chef put too many things in there - it was ackee and other stuff - veggies and protein, cyaan remember the ingredients - and the pasta. the ackee was fighting a bit with the other things. I'd get a taste of ackee in one bite, then as i chewed another flavour popped up. then i'd get the ackee taste again - it always kind of won.

i wouldn't have it again.

[Pepper]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ja. Jewel</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

I've done it with the veggies &amp; seasoning already &amp; do like it, but the bacon one sounds good (I've found turkey bacon here, which I'd rather use)...just dice the bacon &amp; saute with the seasoning? </div></div>

Cook the bacon first.
Then saute with the ackee and onions, etc. Oh yes, chop, cut in larger pieces. As the bacon is taking the place of saltfish, so minced bacon will probably not work as well.

[julie*mango]

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ackee cook up wid onion, tomatoes, and ham/bacon is good

[jamaica_dreamin]

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When I worked in down town Miami aJamaica place around the conner served an appetizer called ackee puffs (something like a fried dumpling but with ackee). They were vey rich (you could only eat a small amount) but man they were good! I wish I had a recipe!

I also wish I had so much ackee on hand they I neededto find new ways to cook it!

[Ja. Jewel]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jamaica_dreamin</div><div class="ubbcode-body">When I worked in down town Miami aJamaica place around the conner served an appetizer called ackee puffs (something like a fried dumpling but with ackee). They were vey rich (you could only eat a small amount) but man they were good! I wish I had a recipe!

I also wish I had so much ackee on hand they I neededto find new ways to cook it! </div></div>

I really never have that much on hand...only once &amp; awhile when my trees are bearing &amp; then I freeze it, after par-boiling, but sometimes just like to try new creative ways to cook things with a different twist.

The puffs sound great! ...maybe if I google puff pastry to get a recipe I could figure out how to incorporate them into the batter.

[Pepper]

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JJ, you can freeze them without parboiling.

Pick, clean and freeze. When you cook them, they don't get smushed, and cook up like when you use them fresh.

[Ja. Jewel]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Pepper</div><div class="ubbcode-body">JJ, you can freeze them without parboiling.

Pick, clean and freeze. When you cook them, they don't get smushed, and cook up like when you use them fresh. </div></div>

Thanks for the info., Pepper...I've always been told they have to scald first...maybe cause the peeps were going to carry them a foreign.

[Pepper]

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I used to scald first, because that too is what I was told. Then a friend gave me a frozen pack and let me know she doesn't scald, they are raw.

I have never looked back.

[jamaica_dreamin]

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I have had better luck with scalding the ackee first. I can't recall what the problem was when I carried frozen unscalded ackee. I think it did not keep as well or something. I remember having to dash away a bag.