Simple Recipes

Odette's Simple Recipe for Salted Cod Fish Salad known as:

"Ensalada de Bacalao"

Ingredients:

• 1 package Salted Cod Fish from local supermarket
• 1 yellow onion
• 2 hard boiled eggs
• 10 salad olives (stuffed with red pimento)
• 1 tablespoon homemade sofrito (optional)
• Pure olive oil (Betis, best flavor for this recipe)
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 # boiled potatoes
• Adobo El Bohío (optional)

Preparation:
In medium sauce pan, place water, pinch of salt (optional) to boil peeled potatoes cut in quarters.
In 2nd medium sauce pan, filled with water halfway, place over medium heat.
Remove salted cod fish from plastic bag, placing into bowl & gently wash off excess salt in sink under running water. Place fish inside pan to boil until tender, approximately 20 minutes.
Drain salty water and add fresh water to boil again. Once water begins to steam, you may add 2 fresh eggs to boil until hard if you don't already have them.
Pour ½ cup olive oil inside medium skillet.
Remove outer onion skin from yellow onion and slice.
Place sliced onions into skillet in low medium heat until onions are clarified; add sofrito, adobo, and bay leaf.
Drain water from cod fish sauce pan. Add ingredients from the skillet unto the cod fish in medium size bowl and stir in and remember to remove bay leaf.
Remove shells from hard boiled eggs, slice and place into cod fish bowl.
In separate bowl, place boiled potatoes.
Place olive oil bottle on the side for each to pour as desired over meal.

Yield: 4 servings
Preparation Time: 30 minutes