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Waiting for a cook
Côte d'Ivoire
Aller-retour, "round trip", are the fish-filled fritters of Ivorian breakfast and street stalls, named because whoever eats one goes back for another. A very soft, sticky yeast dough (flour, water, yeast, salt) is left to rise for hours, then a spoonful of cooked fish filling (tuna, sardine or smoked mackerel with onion, tomato, garlic, chilli and parsley) is closed inside a small portion of dough with oiled hands and the ball is deep-fried until golden. Crisp outside, soft inside, with a hot, savoury heart.
The draft was written from 3 published sources and holds 15 ingredients and 6 steps. It has never been cooked by anybody at AFN, which is why it is waiting.