Bavette with Cod Sicilian Recipe.
Traditional recipe and with Bimby Thermomix.
With today’s dish, I’ll take you to my Sicily, with a recipe that will make you lick your lips. In a single preparation, you will get both the first and second course. Easy to make, you’ll need to desalinate the cod, or buy it already desalted, then the recipe is very easy, and you and your family will be very satisfied.
Let’s clear things up a bit: Cod is the Atlantic cod caught and salted in the icy North Sea, then it’s soaked in water, which needs to be changed frequently for about 3/4 days, depending on the fin’s size.
It differs from stockfish or dried fish because the latter is dried in the cold wind of Northern Europe, but it’s always the same fish, the Cod.

thought for you:

Cost: Medium
Rest time: 4 Days
Preparation time: 20 Minutes
Portions: 4
Cooking methods: Cooking with kitchen robot, Stovetop
Cuisine: Italian Regional
Region: Sicily
Seasonality: All seasons

806.43 Kcal

calories per serving

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Energy 806.43 (Kcal)
Carbohydrates 32.80 (g) of which sugars 2.05 (g)
Proteins 101.02 (g)
Fat 16.90 (g) of which saturated 2.60 (g)of which unsaturated 2.27 (g)
Fibers 4.26 (g)
Sodium 11,050.38 (mg)

Indicative values for a portion of 450 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA^* and FoodData Central^** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.

^* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ^** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

Ingredients

let’s do the shopping

1.32 lbs desalted cod (soaked)
3.53 oz green olives in brine (or mixed but pitted)
2.12 oz capers under salt (desalted)
2.12 oz onion
5.3 oz celery
10.58 oz tomato pulp (in chunks)
10.58 oz water (as needed)
2.82 oz extra virgin olive oil
to taste pepper
to taste water
10.58 oz pasta (Bavette, linguine or spaghetti)

Bavette with Cod Sicilian Recipe

Tools

what I need

1 Cutting Board
1 Knife
1 Pan
1 Pot
1 Colander
1 Baking Dish

Steps

Bavette with Cod Sicilian Recipe

If you have purchased the cod still under salt, you have to desalinate it by putting it in plenty of fresh water, changing it twice a day for about 3/4 days.
After desalinating the fish
Cut it into squares of about 0.8 to 1.2 inches per side, and remove the skin by simply pulling it off firmly.
Desalt the capers and olives, then cut the celery into pieces.
Peel and chop the onion into small pieces.
Now that you have prepared all the ingredients, let’s move on to cooking.
In a pan, add the extra virgin olive oil, the celery, the chopped onion, the capers, and the olives. Let the vegetables stew over high heat for about 4 or 5 minutes.
When the time has passed and the vegetables have wilted, pour in the tomato pulp, and…
the equivalent amount of water, maybe rinsing the bowl.
Turn up the heat, and as soon as it starts boiling again, add the cod to the pan, and let it cook without a lid over low heat for about 20 minutes.
Drain the pasta al dente 1 minute before the usual cooking time, and add it to the sauce. Finish cooking and adjust with pepper.
Here are the Bavette with Cod Sicilian Recipe ready
Put the onion in the bowl and chop: 10 sec./speed 5. Gather at the bottom with a spatula.
Add the extra virgin olive oil, the desalted capers, the celery cut into pieces, and the pitted olives. and flavor: 5 min./248°F/speed 1
Place the cod inside the Varoma container and tray, cover with the lid.
Now put the tomato puree in the bowl, the water which should be half the quantity of the puree, and the pepper, cover with the lid.
Cook: 20 min./varoma/anticlockwise/spoon speed.
Carefully remove the Varoma and transfer the cooked cod to a baking dish, and drizzle it with the tomato sauce.
Let it rest in the heat for about 30 minutes, so it absorbs the flavors of the sauce.
In the meantime, you can put the pasta water on the stove, which, remember, should not be salted. In fact, the dish is already flavorful thanks to the cod and the capers.
Drain the pasta al dente, and add it to the sauce. Adjust with pepper.
With the help of our friend Bimby, we made Bavette with Cod Sicilian Recipe