Boiled Salted Cod

Ingredients

• half a salted Cod
• let it remain for three days, changing the water every day
• baste it with clarified butter
• mixed with the juice of a lemon
• a little grated nutmeg
• garnish the dish with potatoes

Method

1. 1

   Soak the salted cod in cold water for three days, changing the water daily.

2. 2

   Boil it in a stewpan, then simmer for 12-15 minutes.

3. 3

   Drain, remove bones, baste with clarified butter, lemon juice, parsley, and nutmeg.

4. 4

   Serve with potatoes.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The encyclopædia of practical cookery (1890) by Theodore Francis Garrett, page 418. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

mixed with the juice of a lemon, surround with a garnish of eight plain-boiled potatoes, and serve. (2) Take half a salted Cod, cut it into large squares, put it into cold fresh water, and let it remain for three days, changing- the water every day. Scale it, put it into a stew- pan with plenty of cold water, put the lid on the pan, and place it on the fire to boil ; as soon as it commences to bubble remove it to the side, and let it simmer for twelve or fifteen minutes longer. Take out the fish with a skimmer, put the pieces on a cloth, take out the large bones, put the fish on a dish, and baste it with clarified butter mixed with the juice of a lemon and a little parsley and grated nutmeg. Garnish the dish with potatoes, and send to table. (3) Prepare and boil a salted Cod as for Boiled Salted Cod

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