Homemade cod pancakes are a perfect option to take advantage of the leftovers of this fish after some date indicated as Christmas or Easter. That is why in recipes, we show you this time how to make cod cakes easily step by step. In Portugal this recipe is known as cod patanies and are very popular as an appetizer or fish incoming but, which we are going to prepare this time They have flattened shape so they are more similar to tortillas than to fritters, even so, they can be done with any form.
| 🚻 2 Diners | 🕘 15m | 🍵 Centralness | 🤯 Low Disturbance |
| Ingredients to make homemade cod pancakes: |
| 200 grams of cooked cod and crumbled 3 eggs 2 tablespoons of cornstarch or wheat flour ½ small onion chopped 3 teeth of chopped garlic ½ cup olive oil 1 pinch of ground black pepper 1 pinch of Sal 1 handful of chopped parsley (optional) lemon (optional) |
| ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS: Cheap cost, |
Ingredients to make homemade cod pancakes:
1. Beat the eggs together with the flour to form a puree or a slightly thick cream. If you want to make gluten -free cod tortillitas add cornstarch (fine corn flour) instead of wheat flour to this mixture.
Trick: School flour to avoid lumps.
2. Add the chopped onion and garlic and cooked and crossed cod and season to taste with salt and pepper. At this time if you wish, you can also add chopped parsley to give a little more flavor to cod cakes.
3. Mix the mass of grandmothers cod pancakes until a consistency similar to photography. If it is very thick, add another beaten egg or a little normal, vegetable or water milk.
4. Light the fire and place a pan with the olive oil. When it is hot, fry the tortillas by adding flat dough portions with a spoon. They have in mind that you can give them flattened shape of a thick finger like these but, if you want to make the authentic Portuguese cod pancakes, place a pot with much more Oil and simply drop the dough from the spoon as fritters to take any form, yes, both have to be well golden on both sides and with a crunchy crust.
5. After frying homemade cod pancakes, put them to an absorbent paper plate to remove excess oil and hot serve with lemon slices if you like it. Accompany them with a carrot and onion rice and you will see how good both dishes combine. If you prefer you can also try this other baked cod tortilla recipe so that they are less caloric.
