Serves 4 or 8 cakes

Ready in 1H

500 grams salted cod fish

1 onion

400 grams potatoes

80 grams butter

1 egg

breadcrumbs as needed

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, cook the potatoes and dice them. Set aside.

Slice finely the onions and cook them gently with one tbs of butter in a pan, until translucent.

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

Add the potatoes. Add the onions and the ground pepper.

Add the egg.

Mix well.

Helping yourself with a mould (or using your hands), make some small cakes (1 cm and a half thick – 8 cm diameter), and coat them with the breadcrumbs.

In a pan melt the butter and fry the cakes 6 minutes per side.

Serve with wilted spinach and Parsley Sauce.

Parsley Sauce: http://eatwithmarco.com/en/parsley-sauce/

Wilted Spinach: http://eatwithmarco.com/en/wilted-spinach/

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.