Cod burger, why not? It´s been said that there exist 1001 ways to make salted cod in Portugal, and this recipe goes to prove it works excellent in burgers, too!
Serves 4
20-40 minutes
Very easy
Ingredients
Cod burger
0.5 kg shredded cod Terra do Bacalhau
1 ½ garlic clove
4 mint leaves
4 basil leaves
0.4 tsp mustard
1 egg yolk
24 g grated bread
0.4 dl olive oil extra virgin
Onion stew
0.4 dl Olive oil extra virgin
1 ½ garlic cloves
160 g onion
160 g peeled tomatoes
½ star anise
0.2 dl red wine vinegar
fresh chili
How to:
Cod burger:
- First soak the salted, dried cod for 12 hours and drain it. Then simmer briefly in plain water. Peel and slice the garlic.
- Place a frying pan over medium heat and let the garlic sweat in the pan for a minute. Chop mint and basil leaves and mix well together all the ingredients for the burger.
Onion stew:
- Chop the onion and the garlic and let them sweat in the olive oil in a medium hot frying pan. Add the red wine vinegar to the mixture and cook for 2 minutes. Add peeled tomatoes and let it cook for another 15 minutes.
- The cod burger goes great with bread and salad, topped with the onion stew.
