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Codfish Brandade
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| This elegant puree of salted codfish serves four, but it makes sense to double the quantity and freeze the remainder in small gratin dishes, about 1 1/4 cups per dish. This way, you'll have some on hand ready to be baked and served on toast when guests, expected or not, arrive. Be sure to taste the finished brandade to see if it needs salt, as the desalting procedure can make it bland. About 12 ounces salted codfish, soaked for 6-8 hours in cold water to remove excess salt, with the water changed twice at even intervals during the soaking process | |
| 1 1/4 cups | cubed, (1-inch) peeled potatoes |
| 1 cup | milk |
| 6 small or 4 large | garlic cloves, peeled and crushed |
| 1/4 teaspoon | fennel seeds |
| 1/4 teaspoon | freshly ground black pepper |
| 1/4 cup | extra-virgin olive oil |
| Salt, if needed | |
| About 16 slices (each 1/2 inch thick) | from a baguette, browned on a cookie sheet in a 400-degree oven for 6-8 minutes |
Put the desalted cod in a saucepan, cover with cold water, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and boil gently for 5 minutes. Drain in a colander. When the fish is cool enough to handle, remove the skin, if any, and reserve, and remove and discard the bones and sinew from the cod. Break the fish into 1-inch pieces and return the pieces to the saucepan with the skin, potatoes, milk, garlic, and fennel seeds. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low and boil gently, uncovered, for 20 to 25 minutes, until the potatoes and the fish are tender.
Transfer the contents of the pan to a food processor and process for about 10 seconds. Add the pepper and continue processing while you pour in the oil through the feeding tube. The mixture should be smooth. Taste, add salt if needed, and process just until the salt is incorporated. (You'll have about 2 1/2 cups.)
Serve warm on toasted baguette slices.
Variations
To serve the brandade as a gratin: Spoon the brandade into a 4-cup gratin dish or shallow baking dish, and set aside or freeze to finish later. When ready to bake, heat the oven to 425 degre
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