Does anyone make brandade? the Provencal salt cod aioli. I love the stuff and just made a whack

Marg CDN

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of it. I think I'm still adjusting, after 10 years, to not having a second mouth to feed.

Now I want to freeze it and don't know how good it would be after.

Anyone freeze it, ever?

 
I love it also. I don't think the potatoes will freeze well. I have a recipe from Chez Panisse

that makes it from fresh cod instead of salt--it salts it, etc.

 
Thanks Charley. The Provencal style has no potatoes but is well eaten with them. Just oil, cream

and a million cloves of garlic. I will try not to breathe as I type here.

It's in the freezer now so, I will know soon.

 
This is from my favourite Provencal book. Typical brandade has nothing added to it since it

is an aioli which is then used as an additive.

I remember eating it in my lovely hotel in Cannes and oohing over it with the waiter who was then very proud to kneel down by my side (he could have been rebuked for doing that in such a restaurant) and tell me the way his mother made it. I love it when waiters get excited about their moms' cooking. That's another recipe that I've lost.

His mom would not have had a food processor so it's one of the wooden spoon over the stove methods, like pate a choux. I would not do it without the machine.

8 oz salt cod
2 garlic cloves, peeled, coarsely chopped
2/3 c. heated olive oil
1/2 c. boiling milk
1/4 c. heated heavy cream

Trickle water over the cod in a bowl for 2 hours. Refrig in bowl of water overnight. Drain
Bring cod to near boil and poach for 20 min in quivering water. Drain.
Place cod and garlic in food processor. Run 1 minute. With motor running, drizzle in hot oil and milk alternately. Scrape down.
Reheat over low gradually stirring in hot cream.

Cool. Add pepper and salt? to taste.

Lydie Marshall

 
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