Cod in Sauce (Meluza en Salsa)

Ingredients

• 2 pounds fresh codfish
• 2 tomatoes, chopped
• Salt
• 2 peppercorns
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons roasted almonds
• 1 garlic clove, halved
• 2 tablespoons fresh almonds
• 1 onion, minced
• 2 tablespoons bread crumbs
• 1 teaspoon minced parsley
• 2 tablespoons milk

Method

1. 1

   Cut fish in 4 or 5 slices and season with salt.

2. 2

   Heat the oil in a saucepan and put in the garlic, onion and parsley.

3. 3

   Fry to a delicate brown; remove the garlic and save.

4. 4

   Add the tomatoes and when the sauce bubbles, thin with a little boiling water.

5. 5

   Put in the fish and let it simmer.

6. 6

   Grind to a paste the peppercorns, the fried garlic and almonds.

7. 7

   Wet the crumbs in the milk and work well into the paste.

8. 8

   2 minutes before the fish is ready to take up, put the mixture in the pan and dissolve it thoroughly in the sauce.

9. 9

   Serve fish in the sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The European cookbook for American homes (from Italy, Spain, Portugal and France) (1936) by Brown, Cora Lovisa Brackett Mrs., page 51. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

COD IN SAUCE (Meluza en Salsa) 2 pounds fresh codfish 2 tomatoes, chopped Salt 2 peppercorns 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons roasted almonds 1 garlic clove, halved 2 tablespoons fresh almonds 1 onion, minced 2 tablespoons bread crumbs 1 teaspoon minced parsley 2 tablespoons milk

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