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first courses from Italy - Puglia
Lemon and cod risotto
Lemon and cod risotto
ready in
35 minutes
difficulty
daily requirement
100% Fat
100% Protein
100% Carbohydrates
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Italian
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A first course of fish suitable to impress its guests: it is the Risotto with lemon and salt cod!
If you have purchased salt cod still in salt, soak it for about 2 days, changing water every 12 hours, rubbing and removing excess salt. When it is ready you can start preparing the Risotto!
To make the Risotto with lemon and salt cod, you must first of all stir the cod: cook for 20 minutes the steamed fish (or boil it normally), then clean it by removing the skin and the bones and roughly cut the pulp.
Now, finely chop the onion and brown it in a pan with the extra virgin olive oil, add the rice and let it toast a few minutes, then add a few ladles of vegetable stock.
Cook everything over a moderate flame respecting the cooking time of the rice, adding occasionally more broth if the rice should dry out too much.
Halfway through cooking, add the cod bites and the filtered juice of half a lemon.
Stir to blend the flavors.
When the rice is cooked, stir in a knob of butter. Then let it rest for a couple of minutes and transfer to the serving dish.
Garnish with a sprinkling of chopped fresh parsley and a pinch of pepper. Serve!