Bacalao

Manami's Note:

This dish is rich and not salty at all. Bacalao is delicious when made into fritters, coated with bread crumbs and deep-fried, or served stuffed into a roasted sweet pepper. Angela Tamura, ZuZu’s chef, prepares it more simply, accompanying it with a crispy garlic crostini. Bacalao is served at ZuZu for $8.00. This recipe is meant to serve two as an appetizer, I think it would be great with soup and a salad! The cod has to be soaked overnight and the water must be changed an average of two times.It is served with garlic-rubbed, toasted olive "oiled" crostini! (I am sure you at least got my drift!)

• Total Time: 1 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 45 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 2

Yield: 1.0 clay di ...

• ¾ lb salt cod fish
• ¼ yellow onion
• 5 garlic cloves , chopped
• 1 stalk celery
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 cup white wine
• 1 russet potato , peeled and cut
• ½ cup heavy cream
• ¼ cup unsalted butter
• ½ teaspoon white truffle oil , and a little more to drizzle on top (optional)

Directions:

1. Soak the cod overnight in cold water, changing the water a couple of times.
2. Remove the fish from the water and clean away any bone or skin.
3. In a small saucepan put in the cleaned fish, chopped onion, garlic, celery, bay leaf and white wine, and cover with cold water.
4. Bring the saucepan to a boil and allow to simmer for 15 minutes.
5. In a separate pan, place the potato and cover with cold water, simmer until the potato is soft, and drain placing through a potato ricer or mash them lightly.
6. Heat the cream together with the butter in a separate pan until the butter has melted.
7. Remove the fish from the liquid and place it in a small food processor.
8. Add the cream and melted butter to the food processor and pulse lightly.
9. Combine the mixture in the food processor with the potato, add the truffle oil and mix well using a rubber spatula or spoon.
10. Season the mixture with salt and pepper to taste. (Do not mix the potato together with the fish using the food processor or the mixture will become starchy.).
11. At ZuZu, Bacalao is served in a clay baking dish after running it under the broiler to brown it slightly.

Reviews

[parker82]

I had this dish at ZuZu about 2 years ago and it was great. Very tasty dish. My BF said we had to go to this restaurant and be sure to order this dish. It is definitely a dish to try.