Codfish Balls
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the cod
Wash and soak the codfish for several hours.
Boil the codfish for 30 minutes.
Remove the bones and flake the fish into pieces.
Form and fry
Mix the flaked codfish with the mashed potatoes.
Form the mixture into balls.
Heat oil in a pan and fry the balls until golden brown.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Codfish
- Provides the savory, flaky fish base that gives the balls their main flavor and texture.
- Mashed potatoes
- Bind the flaked fish together and add moisture and body to the mixture.
The step that matters
Fry the balls until golden brown. Frying in hot oil browns the outside through the Maillard reaction, adding flavor and a crisp crust, while the shaped mixture must hold together in the oil.
“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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