Salt Cod

Name: Salt Cod
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: ½ tsp. ground paprika; 750 ml beer; A generous pinch of Sea salt; 1 kg cod, boneless, cut into 200g portions; 1 kg cod, boneless, cut into 200g portions; 300 g white sugar; 600 g salt; Vegetable oil, for deep frying; 450 g plain flour

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Real Greek

By Tonia Buxton

Published 2016

About

Plan ahead and salt your own cod for this delicious beer battered fish dish. Serve with lemon wedges, our lemon mayonnaise and a sprinkling of Green Herb Garnish…not forgetting a side of chips…

Ingredients

1 kg cod, boneless, cut into 200g portions
300 g white sugar

Europe
Greece
Starter
Pescatarian
Mediterranean

Method

To salt the cod, mix the sugar and salt together then sprinkle enough to cover the base of a lidded container. Arrange a single layer of fillets skin side up, cover with more sugar and salt and continue layering until all the cod is covered.
Cover and refrigerate for 48 hours. Remove and soak the cured cod in 4