This recipe serves
4
Brandade de Morue
Salt cod mash
Ingredients
- 1.2kg
- 2
- 12
- 400g
- 160g
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- Salt cod
- Large potato (Cara, Desiree, King Edwards)
- Finely minced garlic cloves
- Milk
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
Cook
- Cut the cod into large chunks
- Soak the cod for 24 hours in cold water
- Changing the water at least 4 times
- Fill a saucepan with cold water
- Place cod in water
- Bring to the boil
- Simmer or 8 minutes
- Drain cod
- Allow to cool a bit
- Pick flesh removing skin and bones
- Peel potato and cut into cubes
- Place in saucepan with cold water
- Bring to the boil and simmer for 20 minutes till completely soft
- pour 4 desert spoons of olive oil in a saucepan
- On a medium heat cook garlic till soft (do not colour)
- Heat remaining olive oil and milk in separate saucepans
- Add cod to garlic pan
- Add 1/4 hot milk to cod
- Simmer, mixing till all the milk has been soaked up
- Add 1/4 hot olive oil
- Simmer, mixing till all the olive oil has been soaked up
- Repeat the process till all the milk and olive oil is finished
- Add boiled potatoes and mix together
- Season with salt and pepper (taste first as cod is salty)
- This can be served hot, warm or cold
Equipment required
- Large saucepan
- 2 saucepans
- Colender
- Knife
- Strong whisk or rubber spoon
Regional French food
This recipe originates from:
The Languedoc
