Polenta col ragu di bacala
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | pounds | Bacala or Staccotisso (fish, bones and skinless) |
| 4 | tablespoons | Virgin olive oil |
| ½ | medium | Red onion, chopped into 1/4-inch dice |
| 3 | Cloves garlic, thinly sliced | |
| 1 | cup | Dry white wine |
| 2 | cups | Basic tomato sauce |
| 2 | tablespoons | Fennel seeds |
| 2 | tablespoons | Hot chiles |
| 2 | cups | Polenta, quick cooking (instant) |
Directions
Soak bacala for 3 days in cold water, changing water daily. Cut into 1-inch cubes. In a 4 quart sauce pan, heat olive oil until smoking. Add onion and garlic and cook over medium high heat until softened and light golden brown, about 8 to 10 minutes. Add bacala and stir until well mixed with onions. Add wine, tomato sauce, fennel seeds and hot chilies and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer 1 hour or until reduced by one third.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly oil 2 10-inch cake pans. Make polenta according to package instructions and, while still hot, pour into cake pans to fill halfway with polenta and allow to cool (about 15 minutes). Divide bacala over polenta among two pans and place in oven to bake 45 minutes. Remove, allow to rest 10 minutes, cut into wedges like a cake and serve with steamed fennel dressed like a salad.
Yield: 4 serving
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #361 Recipe by: COOKING LIVE SHOW #CL8780 From: "Angele and Jon Freeman" <jfreeman@...> Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 11:37:57 -0500