Fish & SeafoodDifficulty: medium

Baccalà alla Vicentina

Name: Baccalà alla Vicentina
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 120 min
Total time: 150 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 700 g salt cod, desalted 24 h; 700 g onions, very thinly sliced; 200 ml whole milk; 100 g flour; 150 ml olive oil; 2 bay leaves; Black pepper; Soft polenta to serve

Veneto's proud specialty — salt cod slowly stewed with pounds of onions and milk until it turns into a creamy, spoonable stew, served over polenta.

Prep Time

120

Cook Time

Servings

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1Cut cod in pieces, dust lightly in flour.

2Layer in a pot with onions, oil, bay and pepper.

3Add milk and just enough water to cover; simmer very low 2 h, stirring often — it must never fry.

4When onions melt into cream, serve over soft polenta.