Saltari

Salt fish with vegetables

In Iceland you can get saltfish in practically every supermarket. If you're lucky, you can get fresh saltfish, otherwise you can get frozen fish. The salt fish is usually cod marinated in salt. You don't need any additional salt to prepare dishes with salted fish, the fish is definitely salty enough.

If you can't get salt fish, use fresh cod instead. You then skip the watering process, but you have to cook the fish in salt water.


Ingredients for 2 servings

500 g salt fish
1 Tbsp oil
50 g spicy cheese
100 ml cream

1 stalk of leek
2 tomatoes
2 carrots
3 Tbsp fish stock (from cooking)
3 Tbsp olive oil


Preparation

Soak the fish in a little cold water for about half an hour to desalinate it.

Then put it in a pot of boiling water, close the lid and let the fish simmer for about 10 minutes.

Remove the pot from the heat and let stand for about 5 minutes.

Then place the fish in a fireproof dish, brush with oil, ...

...grate the cheese and sprinkle on top...

...and pour cream over the whole thing.

Bake in the oven at approx. 350 °F (180 °C) upper and lower heat for another 10 minutes until the cheese has melted nicely and the cream has set.

Meanwhile, wash, clean and chop the vegetables.

Braise the leek in a pan with the chopped tomatoes and carrots, the tomato paste and the fish stock from cooking, as well as a little olive oil.

Then serve the finished fish on top of the vegetables.

[Translated from here.]