🇪🇸 Spanish

Salt Cod a la Sidra

Name: Salt Cod a la Sidra
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 42 min
Total time: 57 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 2, halved and sliced Onion; 4 cloves, crushed Garlic; 2 tbsp Olive Oil; 2 Bay Leaf; 500 ml Stock or Broth; 1 tsp Smoked Paprika; 500 g, soaked Salt Cod; 400 ml Dry Cider; 2 Apple

🇪🇸 Spanish

Asturian-style — salt cod simmered in dry cider with apple until glossy and tender. Ready in 57 minutes including prep.

Prep 15 min Cook 42 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion2, halved and sliced
Garlic4 cloves, crushed
Olive Oil2 tbsp
Bay Leaf2
Stock or Broth500 ml
Smoked Paprika1 tsp
Salt Cod500 g, soaked
Dry Cider400 ml
Apple2

Optional extras

Fresh Parsleyhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Brown the salt cod deeply in the Olive Oil in a heavy pot — patience here pays off later.
2
Remove it, then let the onion and garlic soften in the drippings with the smoked paprika.
3
Return the salt cod, add the stock and bay leaves, and bring to the gentlest simmer.
4
Cover and braise low and slow until the salt cod yields to a spoon, about 45 minutes.
5
Skim the fat, reduce the sauce to a glaze, and serve with something starchy to catch every drop.

Chef's tip

Skim the fat from the surface before the final reduction for a cleaner sauce.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Expert's Guide to Salt Cod · on YouTube