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Biscayne-Style Salt Cod

Desalted cod in a Biscayne sauce of choricero pepper and onion, thick and reddish. A Basque stew that freezes very well.

Biscayne-Style Salt Cod
Total
80 min
Prep
20 min
Servings
4
Difficulty
Medium

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Ingredients

Serves 4

  • desalted salt cod1.75 lb
  • choricero pepper8
  • onion3
  • garlic clove3
  • tomato1
  • slice of bread1
  • fish stock1.25 cup
  • olive oil5 tbsp
  • salt1 pinch

Method

  1. 1

    Soak the choricero peppers in hot water for 30 minutes and scrape out the flesh with a spoon.

  2. 2

    Cook the chopped onion and garlic in the olive oil over very low heat for 30 minutes, until sweet.

  3. 3

    Add the bread slice in pieces, the chopped tomato and the choricero pepper flesh and cook 10 minutes.

  4. 4

    Add the fish stock, cook 10 minutes and blend to a fine sauce.

  5. 5

    Put the sauce in a casserole, place the desalted cod skin side up on top and cook 10 minutes over low heat, without a hard boil. Taste before salting.

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