Recipes from Mamma Pina

Stoccafisso alla Messinese (Salted Codfish, Messina Style)

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

  • 400 grams dried codfish, salted
  • 400 grams potatoes, peeled and sliced
  • 4 sticks celery, diced
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 100 grams green olives, pitted
  • 100 grams black olives, pitted
  • 6 ripe tomatoes, peeled and seeded
  • 50 grams pine nuts
  • 50 grams raisins
  • 2 tablespoons capers
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • parsley or basil, chopped

Directions:

Soak and clean the dried fish, and then cut into small pieces.

Fry the onion lightly in a little oil. Add the tomatoes and celery, and stir for a few minutes.

Add the fish and a few ladles of water. Cover and simmer over moderate heat for about 30 minutes.

Fry the potatoes in a little oil, and then add to the fish, along with the olives, raisins, capers, pine nuts, parsley, salt, and pepper.

Cover and continue to simmer for another 30 minutes, adding a little water if and when necessary.

Serve hot. Buon Appetito!

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