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Barrelled Cod Fish

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United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 3 ingredients

  1. a pound of sugar
  2. three pounds of salt
  3. Water

Cook safely

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. To a barrel that will contain four or five fish, allow three pounds of salt, and a quarter of a pound of sugar, thoroughly mixed ;
  2. split the fish, wash and clean them extremely well, and let tne water drain from them ;
  3. strew over them the mixed salt and sugar, and pack them into the barrel, with the skin side down, till the last fish, which put with the skin side up.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
  • Colander