Salt Cod Fritters and Aioli

Cover the salt cod with water and soak for 24 hours in the fridge changing the water three or four times. When ready drain the fish, put in a pan skin side up and barely cover with milk. Simmer the fish for about ten minutes, when ready take out the pan preserving the cooking milk, remove the skin and then mash the fish in a bowl.

Make the aioli  Recipe  .

Meanwhile peel the potatoes and boil until just done in unsalted water. Take off the heat, drain and put back in the saucepan and mash well with about ten tablespoonfuls of the cooking milk. Separate the egg yolk, chop the parsley to produce a couple of tablrespoonfuls and add to the fish along with the mashed potato, stir well and flavour with a little lemon juice.

Put some flour on to a board and take small handfuls of the fish mixture and form into fritters using your hands, sprinkling some more flour on top. Fry the fritters in a little oil in a non-stick frying pan until golden on both sides.

Put some leaves on to serving plates, add the fritters, a slice of lemon and a spoonful of aioli and serve immediately  Zoom  .