Baccalà alla Messinese is a delicious Sicilian dish that cannot be missing on Christmas day at home. In reality, as usual, this dish should be prepared not with cod but with stockfish (called in dialect “piscistoccu”), but we prefer to do it with cod. Scented and with a delicious sauce, the baccalà alla messinese is a mouth-watering dish, if you don’t know it you must try it!
Baccala´alla messinese (Fish cod)
Baccala´alla messinese (Fish cod)
Ingredients
- Cod - 800 grams, soaked
- onion - 1
- cellery - 1 heart with leaves
- potatoes - 800 grams
- tomato pulp - 300 grams
- olives - 100 grams
- capers - 50 grams, salted
- salt
- dried chili ground
- olive oil - 4 tablespoons
Instructions
Heat the oil in a saucepan and sauté the sliced onion. Add the chopped tomatoes, olives, capers and celery heart cut into thin slices. Cook for 10 minutes covered and low heat.
Then stretch with a glass of water, then add the peeled and cut into pieces. Cook for about an hour and add the peeled and sliced potatoes. Wet with more water if necessary and salt lightly. Continue cooking for another 40 minutes and season with more salt and a pinch of red pepper if necessary.
Serve hot and enjoy your meal!
