Salt Cod With Tomatoes Recipe

Instructions

1. From the center of a thick salt cod take a piece weighing about a pound, wash and soak for eighteen hours in cold water, changing the water twice.
2. Cover with fresh cold water, heat slowly and keep at a temperature just below the simmering point for two hours and a half.
3. Put a tablespoon of butter which has been rolled in flour, in a frying pan, add two tablespoons of chopped onion, and cook slowly until the onion is a pale yellow color.
4. Add two cups of strained canned tomatoes, simmer for ten minutes, add the drained fish and place on the back of the range for thirty minutes.
5. Dust lightly with pepper when it is ready for the table.