RECIPE FOR BACALAO PIL PIL EASY TO
Recipe for Bacalao al pil pil. In this occasion I present a recipe that requires time for its elaboration, because there is that desalinating first fish. But what is the cooking will take very little time. In the oil let’s take are going to join a few juices that give this dish a touch with a lot of personality. And thanks to its high content in omega-3, will be very good for our health. Here are the steps to follow to prepare this recipe for bacalao al pil pil this is easy.
INGREDIENTS for 4 people:
- 4 fillets salt cod (about 250 g each, in the supermarkets will already be prepared)
- 350 ml of olive oil
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 1 cayenne
HOW TO MAKE BACALAO AL PIL-PIL
Time required: 15 minutes.
Then continue with the following points of this recipe quick and easy cod al pil-pil:
- We rinse the cod.In a pan place the cod loins and fill with water to cover them. Stir for a few seconds and remove the water quickly. We pour water to cover them again, and took it to the fridge. From here, every 8-12 hours, go doing water changes. We repeat this process for 48 to 72 hours, depending on the thickness of the cod. In this way we will move the salt from the fish to the water until desalarlo full.
- Prepare the base of the bacalao al pil pil.In a casserole dish wide, we added 350 ml of oil and heat it over low heat. When hot, add the garlic cut into slices and cayenne as a whole. Let cook about 5 minutes.
- Heat the oil to 55ºC. IMPORTANT.Once the garlic and the cayenne are golden brown remove and reserve, and increased the heat of the fire at 55ºC. This what we will know with a kitchen thermometer, but if you do not have, a a reliable way that we have this temperature, it is to put your finger in the oil and notice it’s very hot, but you get about 10 seconds without burning. We add then the cod, skin side down. Leave to crystallize for a few minutes. We will see as area of the skin of the cod, comes out a kind of jelly that will go to the bottom of the pan.
- Emulsionamos the sauce for the bacalao al pil pilCogemos now the casserole by its handles and move it by doing circular motions slowly over the vitro, for about 5 minutes. With this the gelatin of fish emulsionará with the oil, and it will form what is known as the pil-pil. Finally, we return the garlic and the cayenne and serve immediately.
This bacalao al pil pil is going to be round. Just have a little bit of care to prepare the sauce, pil-pil, do not remove the pan very fast or the gelatin of the fish and oil don’t mix. Otherwise, no complications. A little patience and you’ll have a super bowl on your table. And in addition, you can add as a garnish to any other vegetable like potato, or what you prefer. Enjoy its taste at any time of the day!
