Fish & SeafoodDifficulty: medium

Bacalao al Pil Pil

Name: Bacalao al Pil Pil
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 4 thick salt cod fillets, soaked 36 h, well dried; 200 ml olive oil; 6 cloves garlic, sliced; 1 guindilla chili; 1 tsp flour (traditional secret)

The Basque miracle: salt cod and olive oil emulsified by swirling into a golden, garlicky velvet sauce.

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1Warm the oil gently with garlic and chili for 5 min — never brown the garlic.

2Lift out the garlic. Add the cod skin-side up, off the heat, 3 min.

3Swirl the pan in circles, letting the cod's gelatin emulsify the oil into pale gold sauce.

4Flip the fillets, keep swirling 2-3 min more. The sauce must thicken like cream.

5Serve in clay dishes with the sauce spooned over and garlic on top.