Brandade – Hot Cod

There are for sure things that if I run into on a menu, I volition almost ever monastic state them, as well as brandade is ane of those things. This amazing dish from the due south of French Republic tin live made many dissimilar ways, but it’s unremarkably some sort of combination of tabular array salt cod, potato, garlic, as well as olive oil.

Once made, it tin live eaten every bit is, or turned into a beautifully browned as well as bubbly gratin. Actually, forget I said that, every bit this should ever live baked as well as eaten pipe hot, ideally amongst some homemade crostini.

The biggest (and only) challenge amongst this dish is treatment the tabular array salt cod. It needs to live soaked inwards mutual depression temperature H2O for a solar daytime or ii earlier y'all tin function amongst it. However, depending on which tabular array salt cod y'all use, the fourth dimension this takes tin vary. If you’ve never used it before, follow the instructions herein, but perchance cutting off a pocket-sized slice ane time it’s soaked, ready it inwards a piddling flake of water, as well as examination it for tabular array salt content. It should notwithstanding live variety of salty, but non unpleasantly so.

As I advert inwards the video, the lastly production should larn precariously around beingness likewise salty, without going by that point. It's going to live similar to things similar smoked salmon, prosciutto, or salami. This is why y'all should non create whatsoever salting, including when y'all boil the potatoes, until everything comes together.

This is a bully recipe for entertaining, since y'all tin become far ahead of time, as well as bake when you’re ready to serve. You tin role ane large shallow dish, or create a smaller size constituent similar I did here. Remember everything is cooked; then all y'all demand to create is oestrus it through, chocolate-brown the top, as well as serve. I actually promise y'all give this a assay soon. Enjoy!

Ingredients for well-nigh 24 snack-sized portions:

1 pound skinless tabular array salt cod fillet, soaked inwards mutual depression temperature H2O for 24-36 hours, changing H2O 4-5 times

2 bay leaves

6 springs thyme

1 1/2 cups whole milk

pinch cayenne pepper

1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest

8 large garlic cloves, peeled, halved

1 pound gilded potatoes, cooked until tender amongst garlic

1/2 lemon, juiced, or to gustatory modality

1/4 loving cup extra-virgin olive crude

pinch of freshly dry reason dark pepper

1 tbsp crème fraiche for the top, optional

- Bake at 450 F. for well-nigh 20, or until browned