BBC Food - Recipes - Escovitch fish

Ingredients

• 1 red snapper , gutted and scaled with head and tail left on
• 1 tsp allspice seeds, ground to a fine powder
• 260ml/9½fl oz vegetable oil , for frying
• 300ml/10fl oz malt vinegar
• 1 large onion , thinly sliced into half moons
• ¼ Scotch bonnet chilli
• 3 peppers (1 red, 1 yellow and 1 green), sliced into 1cm/½in thick strips
• 1 large cho cho (available from Caribbean shops), sliced and heart removed
• bunch of fresh thyme , leaves picked
• 3 spring onions , sliced
• pinch of freshly ground black pepper corns
• 3 medium carrots , peeled into ribbons using a vegetable peeler