'Ligurian cod' – salt cod with tomato, olive cream and potato

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Eugenio Boer presents a playful twist on the classic Ligurian recipe of salt cod with potatoes. This Michelin-starred version incorporates some playful tomato elements, as well as punchy flavours from purées made from black garlic and Taggiasca olives.

First published in 2017

Ingredients

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Salt cod

  • 500g of salt cod fillet, de-salted
  • 40ml of extra virgin olive oil
  • salt
  • pepper

Tomato sheets

  • 100g of tomato concentrate
  • 5ml of extra virgin olive oil
  • 5ml of red wine vinegar
  • 10ml of xanthan gum

Tomato sauce

Potatoes

  • 600g of Bintje potatoes
  • coarse sea salt
  • 20g of extra virgin olive oil, Eugenio uses Taggiasca
  • salt
  • pepper

Taggiasca olive cream

Black garlic cream

  • 10 black garlic cloves
  • 1 tbsp of soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp of acacia honey
  • 80ml of vegetable stock
  • 1g of xanthan gum

To serve

Equipment

  • Silicon baking mat
  • Dehydrator
  • Blender
  • Piping bag and nozzle 3
  • Large vacuum bags
  • Bar sealer
  • Water bath
  • Circular mould or pastry cutter

Method

1
Begin with the tomato sheets. Blend all the ingredients together, spread onto silicone baking mats and dehydrate at 65°C for 3–4 hours. Once ready, tear into pieces
  • 5ml of red wine vinegar
  • 100g of tomato concentrate
  • 5ml of extra virgin olive oil
  • 10ml of xanthan gum
2
To make the tomato sauce, soften the onion in a pan with olive oil and a ladleful of vegetable stock. Stir in the tomato concentrate then add the tomatoes and season with salt and pepper
3
Cook on a medium heat for 30 minutes then blend until smooth. Place a little in a piping bag for dotting on the plate and keep the rest in a pan
4
Preheat the oven to 165°C/gas mark 3
5
Spread a layer of coarse salt on a baking tray and place the potatoes on top. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes, allow to cool slightly then peel and mash with a fork. Season with salt, pepper and olive oil
  • pepper
  • 600g of Bintje potatoes
  • coarse sea salt
  • 20g of extra virgin olive oil, Eugenio uses Taggiasca
  • salt
6
Preheat a water bath to 65°C
7
Meanwhile, cut the cod fillet into eight pieces of 60g each. Place them in vacuum bags with salt, pepper and oil and cook in the preheated water bath for 7 minutes
  • salt
  • 500g of salt cod fillet, de-salted
  • 40ml of extra virgin olive oil
  • pepper
8
To make the Taggiasca olive cream, blend the olives with 20ml water. Pass through a sieve and blend again with the xanthan gum to thicken. Transfer to a piping bag and set aside
9
For the black garlic cream, blend the garlic with the soy sauce, honey and vegetable stock, then add the xanthan gum and blend again. Place in another piping bag
  • 1g of xanthan gum
  • 10 black garlic cloves
  • 1 tbsp of soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp of acacia honey
  • 80ml of vegetable stock
10
To serve, pipe dots of the olive cream, garlic cream and tomato sauce around the plate. Use a ring mould to make a disc of crushed potatoes and top it with one piece of cod and two pine nuts
11
Spoon over some tomato sauce and finish with three pieces of the torn tomato sheet

Discover more about this region's cuisine:

Eugenio Boer mixes tradition with innovation at his Michelin-starred Milan restaurant Essenza. His curiosity and creativity know no bounds but seasonality remains at the heart of his food.

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