66 Salt Cod Bouillabaisse

Name: Salt Cod Bouillabaisse
Yield: For four to six people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon freshly-chopped parsley; Rouille; 7 tablespoons dry white wine; ½ a long loaf of French bread cut into 20 thin slices; 750 g (1 lb 10½ oz) fillet of very white salt cod; 100 g (3½ oz) onion, peeled and finely chopped; 7 tablespoons olive oil; freshly-ground pepper; 1 teaspoon saffron; 1 litre (1¾ pints) water; 1 bouquet garni; 1 clove garlic, peeled and finely chopped; 80 g (2¾ oz) white part of leeks, cleaned and finely chopped; 300 g (10½ oz) waxy potatoes, peeled and cut into slices 1 cm (¼ inch) thick; 2 tomatoes

Preparation info

For
four to six
people

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Cuisine Gourmande

By Michel Guérard

Published 1978

About

Bouillabaisse de morue ‘Salt cod cooked in the way I like it’

Ingredients

Main ingredients

750 g (1 lb 10½ oz) fillet of very white salt cod

Europe
France
Fish course
Pescatarian
Mediterranean

Method

The day before

Soaking the Salt Cod

Cut the fillet of salt cod into 4 pieces and put to soak for 24 hours in a bowl placed under a dribbling cold tap so that the water changes continually.