Description
About this product
Tropical Sun Ackees are ackee fruits from Jamaica. Ackee is the national fruit of Jamaica and an important ingredient in Jamaican cooking. The fruits have a buttery texture.
Usage and preparation
Ackee is often combined with salted fish dishes. A well-known dish is ackee and saltfish.
Ackee and Saltfish (serves 4)
- Soak 400 g of salted fish in water.
- Boil the fish for about 15-20 minutes, until soft.
- Drain, remove the skin, flake the fish and set aside.
- Fry diced tomatoes and pepper in the oil.
- Add the salted fish and the drained ackee.
- Cover and let simmer.
- Serve warm.
Ingredients
Nutritional values
| Nutritional value | per 100 g |
| Energy | 128.5 kJ |
| Fat | 12.5 g |
| of which saturates | 4.5 g |
| Carbohydrate | 0.8 g |
| Protein | 3.2 g |
| Salt | 0.77 g |
