Vizcayan Salt Cod

Vizcaya, one of the three Basque provinces of Spain, is home to the most famous salt cod dishes of all. This is a classic with almost as many recipe variations as there are chefs but all will agree that essential to the sauce are the dried, sweet choricero peppers. At a pinch you could use some sweet paprika instead, but not the smoked variety, about a half a tablespoon for each pepper will do.

In order to keep the cod really tender it