Ray

Perhaps I missed it but the responses thus far do not include potatoes
in the recipe. You may be describing Brandade - salt cod, potatoes,
olive oil and garlic. This is a French dish. Make this and then make
crostini with it. Brandade may be found in many cookbooks or on the
internet.

Italians make many salt cod and potato dishes. Sicilians make
Sfinciuni - salt cod and potatoes, baked in the oven. Baccala con le
Patate ("Baccala with Potatoes" is another dish from Emilia-Romagna,
but is different from what you describe, and is also baked. Pradelli's
book - il Grande Libro della Cucina Italiana contains 5000 recipes, of
which 50 are for various Baccala dishes.

Creamed salt cod is "Baccala Montecato" and the ingredients are

2 lbs salt cod - soaked
1 clove garlic (more if you like garlic)
olive oil Q.B. (Quanto Basta = as much as you like)
Salt and pepper.

In Venice this is served with warm slices of polenta. but can also be
served on grilled or toasted bread. It is basically Brandade without the
potatoes. We have made a variation of this by adding 2-3 small baked and
peeled Yukon Gold potatoes, then whipping it with olive oil and garlic.
It is great on Grilled bread. It is also good, baked for about 15
minutes at 450 degrees F., then placed under the broiler until it gets a
nice caramelized crust.

Hope this helps

Regards

Jerry @ the Artisan


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>I saw a dish on The Italian Christmas Special on The Food Network. It
>was a
> spread for crostini made primarily with the cod and potatoes then put
> in the
> food processor to make the spread. It wasn't on the website with some
> of
> the other recipes from that show.
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> Has anyone made something like it and can share their recipe??
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> Thanks,
> Ray
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