Serves 4

Ready in 1H30 mins

500 grams salted cod fish

1 onion

2 boiled potatoes

half glass olive oil

2 boiled eggs

1 garlic clove finely chopped

100 grams pitted olives

Keep the salted cod for 24-48 hours in cold wtaer (keep refirgerated). Rinse and change the water every 8 hours.

Put the cod into a casserole covered with cold water and bring the water to a boil. As soon as the water boils, retain from fire and drain. Cool down.

Meanwhile, boil the potatoes and slice them (1 cm thick). Set aside.

Slice finely the onions and cook them gently with one tbs of olive oil in a pan, until translucent. Add the chopped garlic, cook for 2 minutes and retain.

Pre-heat the oven to 200° C.

Once cold, clean the skin and bones from the cod and break it into flakes in a container.

Add the onions and the ground pepper.

Add the olives.

Mix well.

Oil a small tin and put the cod mixture into it. Cover with the sliced potatoes.

Turn the tin upside down on a dripping pan covered with baking paper.

Bake them for 20 minutes. Serve.

Baccalà alla Livornese / Cod Fish Livornese

800 gr baccalà già ravvivato in acqua per 24h / 800 gr salted cod fish (left in water overnight)

400 gr pomodoro / 400 gr tomato sauce

2 spicchi d’aglio / 2 garlic cloves

50 gr di farina / 50 gr flour

10 gr basilico / 10 gr fresh basil leaves

Sale e pepe / salt and pepper

1 cucchiaino di zucchero / 1 teaspoon sugar

Olio d’oliva / 5 tbs olive oil

Scaldare l’olio in una padella. Per preparare il baccalà alla livornese, infarinare il baccalà e soffriggerlo nell’olio.

Heat the olive oil in a pan. To prepare cod fish livornese, coat the cod fish with the flour and fry it in the olive oil.

Togliere il baccalà dalla padella e mettere nello stesso olio di cottura l’aglio. Soffriggere.

Take out the cod fish from the pan and add in the same oil the garlic cloves. Fry them.

Unire la passata di pomodoro. Salare, pepare e unire un cucchiaino di zucchero. Sobobllire per 10 minuti. Unire il basilico.

Add the tomato sauce. Season with salt and pepper and add the sugar. Simmer for 10 minutes. Add the basil leaves.

Unire il baccalà. E cuocere per altri 10 minuti. Servire

Add the cod fish. And again simmer for other 10 minutes. Serve.