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Riojan cod is a typical dish from La Rioja. In this Spanish region ( in the North of Spain) it is prepared at Lent time, when is it not allowed to eat meat in the Christian Community.
Riojan cod is a typical dish from La Rioja. In this Spanish region ( in the North of Spain) it is prepared at Lent time, when is it not allowed to eat meat in the Christian Community.
Leggenda
Ingredienti
Dry salt cod (700 grammes).
Olive oil (100 centilitres).
Half an onion.
Six garlic.
Six red peppers.
Two tablespoons of tomato sauce (100 grammes).
Dry salt cod (700 grammes).
Olive oil (100 centilitres).
Half an onion.
Six garlic.
Six red peppers.
Two tablespoons of tomato sauce (100 grammes).
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Preparazione
1- Put the dry salted cod in pieces in a bowl with water during 24 hours. Change the water three times during this time. After this, dry the cod with a cloth.
2- Pour the olive oil into a casserole and fry the onion and garlic cut into small pieces.
3- Set the pieces of cod on the oil leaving the cod skin face up.
4- Add the tomato sauce while shaking the casserole carefully. This way, the oil and the tomato sauce will link the natural cod jelly.
5- Set the cod pieces face down.
6- Add the red peppers cut into strips.
1- Put the dry salted cod in pieces in a bowl with water during 24 hours. Change the water three times during this time. After this, dry the cod with a cloth.
2- Pour the olive oil into a casserole and fry the onion and garlic cut into small pieces.
3- Set the pieces of cod on the oil leaving the cod skin face up.
4- Add the tomato sauce while shaking the casserole carefully. This way, the oil and the tomato sauce will link the natural cod jelly.
5- Set the cod pieces face down.
6- Add the red peppers cut into strips.
Storia
During the Middle Age, having meat on Fridays and at Lent time was forbidden by the Christian Church. So people at the seaside had fish instead of meat, and those from the interior of the country, like the Riojan people, had products from their fields.Little by little, the consumption of fish increased in the whole country. Cod was the most important kind of fish at this time because it could be dried up and salted for a better conservation and transportation. This way, Riojan people could buy dry salt cod and have it in combination with their field products, like tomatoes, onions, garlic and red peppers.
