Petits Piments Fareis à la Morue de Chez Ithurria

Name: Petits Piments Fareis à la Morue de Chez Ithurria
Ingredients: freshly ground black pepper; salt; freshly grated nutmeg; 10 small red pimentos; 2-3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; ¾ pt / 430 ml boiling milk; 2 oz / 60 g plain flour; 4 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed; 12 oz / 340 g salt cod, soaked for 24–48 hours

Red Pimentos Stuffed with Salt Cod

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Complex

Appears in

The Times Cookbook

By Frances Bissell

Published 1995

About

I like to serve these with a few salad leaves and a simple warm vinaigrette made by heating some more extra virgin olive oil and whisking in some lemon juice or a balsamic or sherry vinegar.

Ingredients

12 oz / 340 g salt cod, soaked for 24–48 hours
4 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed

Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Poach the salt cod in water until tender. Drain, reserving the cooking liquid. Sweat the garlic in the olive oil, then add two of the pimentos, finely chopped. Stir in the flour, and make a roux. Gradually add the milk to make a thick binding sauce, using some of the cooking liquid if necessary. Pound the salt cod to a cream, and mix into the sauce. Season to taste with salt, pepper and nutmeg.