Bacalao a la Viscaina
- 1 pound potatoes small new, scrubbed, boiled peeled and cut into 3/4 inche pieces
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 each white onion peeled and chopped fine (2 cups)
- 3 each garlic cloves minced
- 4 medium tomatoes coarsely chopped (2 lbs or two 14 oz cans)
- 4 pounds ham chopped
- 1/4 cup parsley leaves italian, chopped
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 8 teaspoons cinnamon ground
- 1 pound salt cod (bacalhau) see note
- 4 each pickled jalapenos sliced into thin rings, plus 4 tablespoons of the liquid
- 12 large pimento stuffed green olives sliced in half
- MikeNote; Salt Cod, soak for 24 hours and Gently rinse, to remove most but not all of the salt.
- Do not break up fish.
- Put the potatoes in a large pan of cold, salted water, cutting any large potatoes in half or quarters first.
- Bring the water to a boil and simmer until the potatoes are just tender when pierced with a fork, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Drain and when cool enough to handle,, peel away the skin.
- Set aside.
- In a heavy pan such as a Dutch oven, heat the olive oil over medium heat.
- Add the onions, reduce the heat to very low and slowly saute about one hour.
- Stir occasionally, watching that the onion doesn't burn.
- A few dribbles more of oil may be necessary.
- Pre-heat oven to 300F degrees.
- Turn up the heat, add the garlic and tomato and cook, stirring constantly until the mixture becomes thick and the liquid is substantially reduced, about 10 to 15 minutes.
- Add the ham, parsley, pepper, cinnamon and cloves, then gently stir the cod, potatoes, jalapenos and their juice into the tomato mixture.
- Transfer to a 1 to 2 quart casserole, preferably clay, sprinkle with the olives and bake for 30 minutes.
- Bacalao a la Viscaina can be made ahead and re-heated in a 300F oven for 20 minutes or until thoroughly hot.
potatoes, olive oil, white onion, garlic, tomatoes, ham chopped, parsley, black pepper, cinnamon ground, salt, liquid, green olives
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/bacalao-viscaina-50 (may not work)