Estockaficada

Dried Cod and Vegetable Stew

Preparation info
  • For

    6

    People
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Mireille Johnston

Published 1990

  • About

This highly seasoned super fish stew made of dried cod has a place of honor in Nice: one of the most renowned culinary clubs of the city has borrowed its name. The club meets once a month to chat and taste a new interpretation of estockaficada.

“Stockfish” means fish that is literally “as dry as a stick.” The name “stockfish” (hence the term estockaficada) was originally applied to the dried cod brought to Nice by Norwegian sailors (who sometimes caugh