Creamed Salt Cod with Potatoes

Creamed Salt Cod with Potatoes (Baccalà Mantecato con Patate) is a very tasty and simple dish. It’s a typical recipe of traditional Ligurian cuisine, in particular of the geographical area of Imperia. Creamed Salt Cod with Potatoes recipe has very ancient origins. For many years it was the main dish of Ligurian sailors who spent long periods on seas. The reason was because quite all the ingredients of this easy recipe (salt cod, potatoes, oil) were fairly easy to find and keep for a long time...

📝 Ingredients

• 800 g ( 1.7lb) of salted codfish
• 1 kg ( 2.2lb ) of potatoes
• 50 g ( 1.7oz ) of Taggiasca pitted olives
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 30 g (1oz) of pine nuts
• parsley
• Extra Virgin olive oil

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1let the salt cod soak in fresh water for 48 hours, changing the water two or three times a day
2. 2Boil the codfish, without adding salt, for about 20 minutes
3. 3in a large pot, boil potatoes, previously cutted into pieces, into saltless water
4. 4remove the codfish from the cooking water and remove the skin and bones
5. 5Drain the potatoes and place them into a pan.
6. 6Add the salt cod to the potatoes and mix
7. 7Add one by one the remaining ingredients
8. 8Stir adding plenty extra virgin olive oil to make a creamy mixture
9. 9Serve this dish warm or cold