Boiled Cod
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Soak the fish in cold water with a little salt for 30 minutes.
Wipe the fish dry and wrap it in a clean, coarse linen cloth, fitting it to the shape of the cod.
Cook
Place the wrapped fish in a fish kettle and cover with boiling salted water.
Cook for nearly 1 hour.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Cod
- The main component; its flesh firms and turns flaky as the protein sets during cooking.
The step that matters
Cooking time. Fish proteins set and firm with heat, and the flesh becomes dry and tough if it stays in the water too long. Checking for doneness near the end of the cooking time helps prevent overcooking.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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