Dinner · 50 min · french

Brandade de Morue

Salt cod does the heavy lifting here, with potatoes rounding it out. A French dinner that takes 50 minutes, start to finish.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 1.5 lb Salt cod
• 1.5 lb Potatoes
• 3/4 cup Olive oil
• 1 cup Whole milk
• 5 cloves Garlic
• 1 tbsp Lemon juice
• 1/4 tsp Nutmeg

Steps

1. Soak the salt cod 24 hours, changing the water 3 to 4 times — under-soaked cod is inedibly salty and there is no fixing it later.
2. Simmer the cod 10 minutes until it flakes; drain and pick out every bone and bit of skin.
3. Boil the potatoes until tender and rice them while hot.
4. Warm the milk with the garlic cloves until fragrant, then fish out the garlic.
5. Beat the flaked cod with the potato, then drizzle in the olive oil and warm milk alternately, whipping hard — brandade should be fluffy and mousse-like, never gluey.
6. Season with lemon, nutmeg, and white pepper; it should taste of the sea, rounded by olive oil.
7. Pile into a gratin dish, brown under the broiler 5 minutes, and serve with grilled bread and a green salad.

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