Baccalà alla Vicentina

Name: Baccalà alla Vicentina (Creamy Baccalà as They Cook It in Vicenza)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 anchovy under salt, rinsed and filleted; or 2 anchovies under oil, well rinsed and dried; 1¼ to 1½ pounds baccalà, preferably in fillets that are all the same size; 1 garlic clove, finely minced; 2 small white onions, sliced; 1 tablespoon unsalted butter; 1 tablespoon plus ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil; 2 to 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese; Freshly ground black pepper; 2½ cups milk; Salt

Creamy Baccalà as They Cook It in Vicenza

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

In Nonna's Kitchen

By Carol Field

Published 1997

About

Gianna Magri Bari, grandmother and grand cook who lives just outside Vicenza, is an expert on cooking baccalà alla vicentina, the traditional dish and glory of the city. This is her recipe. No matter how great her expertise, she wouldn’t let me leave without visiting Virgilio Scapin, who is the official head of the Stockfish (Baccalà) Confraternity in Vicenza as well as being a novelist and the owner of a wonderful bookstore.

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Europe
Italy
Main course
Pescatarian
Mediterranean

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