#codfish cakes

When the price of crab became prohibitive for  making large quantities of crab cakes, I devised these codfish cakes as an alternative. Admittedly, they aren’t as toothsome as crab cakes, but they are quite delicious in their own right.

Lightly film a baking pan with olive oil. Lay the codfish fillets in the pan, sprinkle with sea salt, more olive oil, and bake them for 20-30 minutes in a…

Sicilian Codfish Cake Dinner

Though cod is not a fish found in the Mediterranean, Italians consume large quantities of it dried (called stoccafisso), and salted (called baccalà). In Venice, baccalà, creamed and spread on bread, is one of the most common and popular appetizers. Codfish cakes are traditionally made with salt cod, which needs a day or more of soaking to soften and desalinate the fish. For the most part, though,…