 |
VICENZA-STYLE
STOCKFISH
The recipe is approved by the "Venerable
confraternity for the stockfish of Vicenza"Ingredients for 12 people:
2¼ pound stockfish (dried cool)
1 pound onions
4 cups olive oil
3-4 anchovies
2 cups fresh milk
a small quantity of flour
0.1 pound grated grana cheese
Preparation:
Pound the stockfish and then soak it
for 2-3 days in cold water (change the water every 4
hour). Remove the skin of the stockfish, split it open
lengthwise and take off the bones. Cut the stockfish in
squares.
Chop the onions; rince and fillet the anchovies; add the
parsley; fry all slowly in hot oil.
Sprinkle the squares of stockfish with flour and pour on
them part of the santeed mixture (onions, anchovies,
parsley). Arrange the stockfish in a casserole
(earthenware or alluminium is best), where before you put
some spoonful of the santeed mixture; pour over the
remain mixture, the milk, the grated grana, the salt and
pepper. Add the oil till the fish is entirely covered.
Cook over very slow heat for 4-5 hours, shaking the
casserole every now and without stirring. This particular
cooking phase is called, in Vicenza, "pipare".
Only experience can define the exact cooking time for the
stockfish.
Serve piping hot with some slices of
"polenta"; the stockfish is excellent also
after 12-24 hours of rest.
|