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- Course: Main Course
- Skill Level: Easy
- Cost: Moderate
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Salt Cod Braised with Vegetables
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Recipe
Here, salt cod (bacalao) is simmered with the fragrant Spanish aromas of garlic, bay, and saffron to a lovely tenderness
Yield :
Makes 4 servings
Prep Time :
20 mins
Cooking Time :
40 mins
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, finely diced
- 2 leeks, white part only, finely sliced
- 3 ripe tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 lb 2 oz (500g) baking potatoes, peeled and diced
- generous pinch of saffron
- 2 bay leaves
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1¾ lb (800g) thick-cut salt cod, soaked, drained, and cut into 4 pieces
- ½ cup dry white wine
- 2 tbsp chopped parsley
Directions
1. Heat the oil in a large, shallow flameproof casserole over medium-low heat. Add the onion and leek and cook, stirring often, about 5 minutes, until tender.
2. Stir in the tomatoes and garlic and cook for 2 minutes. Add the potatoes, saffron, and bay leaves, and season well with salt and pepper.
3. Place the salt cod, skin side up, on the vegetables. Pour in the wine and 1 cup water. Bring to a simmer. Cook, shaking the casserole every 5 minutes or so to release gelatin from the fish to thicken the sauce, for about 25 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender.
4. Sprinkle with parsley and serve hot, from the casserole.
Notes
Caution: soak the fish for at least 24 hrs in enough water to cover, changing the water 2-3 times to remove salt
© 2008 Dorling Kindersley
Nutritional Information
Nutrients per serving (% daily value)
Nutritional information is based on 1/8 teaspoon added salt per serving.
849kcal (42%)
386mg (39%)
54mg (90%)
168mcg RAE (6%)
3822mg
325mg
130g
7g
5g
36g
304mg (101%)
14370mg (599%)
2g (12%)
15g (24%)
8mg (42%)
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