Salt cod with garlic mash (bacalao meneao)

Salt cod with garlic mash (bacalao meneao)

Main dishes

A Spanish recipe: salted cod, poached with potatoes in a clay pot, and then topped with a mixture of garlic, egg, potato, and olive oil.

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This dish is perfect for a simple and delicious dinner. You can prepare it in about an hour and serve it hot.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time30 min
  • Total1 hr
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodCooking in water
  • Estimated cost$1.19 $0.60 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

2 people
  • $0.09
  • $0.29
  • $0.30
  • $0.51

Prices from US supermarkets for 3 of 4 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Soak the cod in fresh water for 24 hours, changing the water every 8 hours, then drain and remove the bones.
  2. In a clay pot, cook the apples and the fish pieces together; remove the fish and allow the apples to cook until tender.
  3. In a mortar, grind the garlic, egg, and apples into a fine paste, then mix in the olive oil. ≈ 4 min
  4. Coat the cod with this mixture. ≈ 3 min

The bill

Salt cod with garlic mash (bacalao meneao)

  • garlic$0.09
  • olive oil$0.29
  • egg$0.30
  • earth apple$0.51

Total$1.19

that's $0.60 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • Salted cod
  • garlic
  • olive oil
  • egg
  • earth apple

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