Dear readers,
Here we are at the end of this week and I thought of a tasty and traditional recipe, still unknown to many Italians, the Bradacujun.
The Brandacujun is a traditional recipe of the Ligurian cuisine, made with potatoes and stockfish (or cod): the name comes from one phase of the preparation, in fact, the name is compound by “brandato”, which means “shaken vigorously” until the mixture is well mixed.
Ingredients
300g of Stockfish (or salted codfish, already soaked in water) (10.5 oz)
300g of potatoes (10.5 oz)
A clove of garlic
Juice of half a lemon
Half glass of warm milk
The right amount of parsley, salt and pepper
Olives (the “Taggiasche” if you find them)
Preparation
Wash the potatoes, peel and cut them into very small pieces.
Cut the stockfish into strips and place them in a pot with the potatoes over medium-high heat: since the mixture will begin to boil, let it cook for 1 hour, until the potatoes and the stockfish will be soft.
After a few minutes, the mixture should form a foam; remove it with a ladle and cover the pot so as to facilitate the cooking.
At this point, after it is boiled for one hour (from the time that the water in the pot began to boil), drain it and let the mixture cool.
Next, remove the thorns of the stockfish and, in the meantime, put a clove of garlic to fry in the pan for 5 minutes.
Although the compound, by tradition, should be “crushed” by hand with a mortar, to speed up the preparation of Brandacujun, I recommend using an electric mixer to mix the potatoes with the stockfish.
Later, once removed the garlic from the pan, put the mixture in the pan and fry it for 5 minutes. Add the lemon juice, pepper, half a glass of warm milk and keep it in the pan for another 3-5 minutes, until the mixture will be solid.
Finally, add extra virgin oil, parsley and olives.
Conservation
You can store the Brandacujun for a maximum of two days in plastic or glass sealed jar in the refrigerator.
And the wine?
For Brandacujun I chose a classic, Alma Brut Cuvée by Bellavista, a fabulous bubble of Franciacorta.
With an excellent flavor and effervescence, this Metodo Classico (Champenoise method) matches perfectly with the creaminess and the softness of the Brandacujun.
At the nose, fresh and intense perfumes of ripe citrus, slightly sweet ripe pear and delicate notes of vanilla and chlorophyll.
On the palate it is fresh and tasty and you feel a good match between the perfumes at the nose and the aromas in the mouth.
If you cannot find it, I recommend other Italian Metodo Classico or a Champagne, even better if they’re made only from Chardonnay grapes.
And now, enjoy!
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