Salt Cod & Leek Latkes








Ingredients:

8 oz tabular array salt cod
four cups finely grated Russet potatoes (about four medium potatoes)
1 small-scale onion, grated
3 leeks (white parts only), chopped
3 eggs, beaten
1/2 loving cup matzo meal
freshly position down dark pepper
canola oil

Directions:

36 hours earlier you lot desire to brand the cakes:

Place the cod inwards a bowl or resealable pocketbook of cool water. The cod should last fully covered. Cover alongside a lid or seal as well as refrigerate. Over the side past times side 36 hours alter out the H2O periodically (we did starting fourth dimension affair inwards the morning, lunchtime, dinner fourth dimension as well as earlier bedtime).

Remove the cod as well as finely chop or pulse inwards a nutrient processor until minced.


In a large cast-iron skillet or some other heavy-bottomed pan, rut nearly 1/4 inch oil.

Place the spud into a metallic sieve over a large bowl. Press out whatever liquid. Pour out the liquid as well as house the potatoes inwards the bowl on function past times of the remaining starch. Stir inwards cod, onion, eggs, leeks, pepper, as well as the matzo meal. Form into apartment patties. If they volition non concur their shape, stir inwards additional matzo repast until they do. Fry inwards hot oil, flipping halfway through, until merely golden.



My thoughts

When nosotros went to Portugal (five years ago, how tin dismiss that be?) nosotros had the skilful fortune to essay many things made alongside tabular array salt cod, bacalhau. Supposedly in that place is i tabular array salt cod dish for every hateful solar daytime of the year! Most oft you lot run across it inwards Pastéis de Bacalhau (aka Bolinhos de Bacalhau, Portuguese Cod Cakes) as well as inwards some other favorite of mine, Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá is oft served on Christmas Eve but it actually is a agency to a greater extent than versatile seafood than you'd think.

It goes peachy alongside potatoes which was the inspiration for these latkes, merely inwards fourth dimension for Hanukkah. I get got nada reasons to intend these are authenticly Portuguese inwards whatever way--they are quite a few  Jewish dishes that stay pop inwards Portugal but latkes aren't i of them. However, these are really delicious as well as a filling, flavorful alter from obviously latkes. Super savory as well as crispy.

It does accept 3 days to prep the fish hence become shopping now--regular supermarkets inwards my surface area acquit tabular array salt cod year-round every bit create many Italian as well as Portuguese markets.

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