Whitebait stuffed with shrimp farofa

Name: Whitebait stuffed with shrimp farofa
Prep time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: 6 eggs, lightly beaten; 500 g all-purpose flour; salt and pepper to taste; salt and pepper to taste; 4 kg whitebait; juice of 1 lemon; 50 ml tomato sauce; chopped parsley to taste; 2 garlic cloves, smashed; 100 g onions, thinly chopped; 300 g cassava flour; 100 ml olive oil; 21 oil, for frying; 1 kg prawns, peeled

Preparation info

Servings:
100
portions

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
3 hr

Appears in

Brazil Rhythms and Recipes

By Morena Leite

Published 2006

About

Ingredients

4 kg whitebait
juice of 1 lemon
salt and pepper to taste

Americas
Brazil
Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Preparation

Clean whitebaits, removing central bones through the back and head. Season with lemon, salt and black pepper; set aside. To prepare the farofa, sauté garlic and onion with olive oil, add shrimps and cook for a few minutes. Add tomato sauce, chopped parsley and, finally, the cassava flour, little by little. Season farofa with salt and pepper.