Escondidinho cod, with minced fish and mashed potatoes seasoned with garlic. It’s good and makes more than other cod recipes
ECO-CONDITIONED COD – prepared with desalted and shredded fish and mashed potatoes seasoned with a taste of garlic. A great alternative, cheaper than other cod recipes.
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- Tools: Pots, refractories
- Equipment:conventional + mixer
Escondidinho cod (click to access the shopping list):
INGREDIENTS (click to see the shopping list):
COD Scondidinho:
- 300 g of desalted cod fillet, cut into pieces
- 400ml of milk
- 1 bay leaf
Escondidinho de Cod – Filled with cod:
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 100 ml of dry white wine
- 1 minced garlic clove
- 2 tablespoons of chopped onion
- ½ chilli, deseeded and minced
- 1 tomato, seeded, diced
- 2 cambuci peppers deseeded and cut into strips
- ¼ cup (tea) black olives, pitted, roughly chopped
- 200 ml of cod cooking milk
- 2 tablespoons of cream cheese
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
- salt and pepper
Mashed Potatoes and Garlic: – Escondidinho Cod:
- 3 medium potatoes, cut into 1cm rounds
- 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and halved
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 100 ml of cod cooking milk
- salt and pepper
Finish:
- olive oil to grease the refractories
- grated Parmesan cheese
PRE-PREPARATION:
- Boil a pot of water to cook the mashed potatoes.
- Cook the cod (see preparation).
- Peel and cut the potatoes into slices. Put it in water so it doesn’t darken.
- Preheat the oven to 220°C.
- Peel and chop the onion and garlic for the cod filling and puree
- Wash and chop the girl’s pepper, the tomato and the Cambuci peppers.
- Drain the canned olives and chop them coarsely
- Wash and chop the parsley.
PREPARATION:
Cod – cooking (do this step before continuing the pre-preparation):
- Remove the skin from the cod loin and cut it into pieces.
- Put the cod pieces in a pan, cover with the milk and add the bay leaf.
- Bring to the boil and when it boils, lower the heat and cook for about 15 minutes.
- Continue pre-preparation.
Mashed Potatoes and Garlic – Escondidinho de Codfish:
- When the water boils, add the salt and put the potato slices and garlic cloves and cook for about 15 minutes, or until very soft.
Cod – Escondidinho de Cod:
- After 15 minutes, drain the cod, but do not discard the milk.
- Put the cod on a side dish to cool down a bit so you can handle it.
- Wash the pan where you cooked the cod to make the filling.
Filled with cod – Escondidinho de Cod:
- Remove the cod bones and open it into large chips.
- In the same pan, over high heat, saute the garlic and onion in the oil until lightly browned.
- Add the cod flakes and red pepper and sauté, stirring occasionally, for 3 minutes.
- Sprinkle with the wine and continue over high heat until all the alcohol has evaporated.
- Add the pepper and the cambuci tomato and sauté for another 2 minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Add the cod cooking milk (see quantity in the ingredients) and when it boils, lower the heat to medium and cook for about 8 minutes, until the milk has reduced by half its volume.
- Add the olives, stir and cook for another 2 minutes.
- Add the cream cheese and chopped parsley and mix.
- Check salt and pepper again.
- Turn off the heat and set aside.
Mashed Potatoes and Garlic (Escondidinho de Cod):
- When the potatoes are cooked, drain them.
- Pass the potatoes and garlic cloves, still hot, through a sieve or in the pan itself, beat with a mixer until puree.
- Add the olive oil, put back on the heat and mix until a smooth and homogeneous puree is obtained.
- Add the cod cooking milk (see quantity in the ingredients) and season with salt and pepper.
- Put out the fire.
Escondidinho cod, with mashed potatoes and garlic:
- Grease a refractory or individual refractories with olive oil.
- Arrange or divide the cod filling in the dish(es), leveling it so that it is evenly heightened.
- Spread the puree on top and, again, smooth.
- Sprinkle with grated Parmesan.
- Place in a preheated oven at 220°C and cook for about 15-20 minutes until the cheese is hot and golden brown.
FINISHING AND ASSEMBLY:
- Remove the skin from the oven.
- Serve in the refractory(s) itself.
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