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The 1st Day of Christmas – Baccala Recipe in commemoration of The Feast of the 7 Fishes

December 26, 2011 By Cynthia Ferich

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Today, December 26, 2011, marks the beginning of the traditional 12 Days of Christmas, and continues through January 6, in celebration of the Epiphany.  The Epiphany is otherwise known as ‘The Little Christmas’, and the day the Wise Men followed the ‘star’, and arrived, bearing gifts to the newborn baby Jesus.

As we celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas, continue in the celebration in visiting family, friends, neighbors and community centers.  Bring food…share…and brighten anothers’ day.

In our Italian home, Baccala was prepared on Christmas Eve for dinner in celebration of ‘The Vigilia’.  I fondly remember my grandfather enjoying the leftovers of the many fishes.

By request, I am including my grandmother’s recipe for Baccala as captured in “MaMa Mia Cucina”.  For more information regarding “The Feast of the 7 Fishes” tradition, please click HERE to read my former blog post.

Wishing you all a Merry 12 Days of Christmas!

Baccala  (dried Codfish)

1 pound of baccala

1 cup of flour

2 eggs, well beaten

ground black pepper, to taste

1 cup of canola or vegetable oil for frying

 

Find a tub large enough to soak the codfish in water for three (3) days, changing the cold  water 2 to 3 times each day.  After the third day, wash the fish well, removing remaining salt.  Pat dry with paper towels, dredge each piece in flour, and then dip in beaten egg (add ground pepper to the egg), and fry in hot oil on each side until golden brown.  Drain on paper towels.  Place on a serving dish and serve with fresh lemon wedges.

This is Christmas fish!  It was always served on our holiday table for the Vigilia.

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Filed Under: Celebrations, Christmas Buon Natale!, Cooking with Noni, Fish & Meats, Memories of my Grandmother's Kitchen, Recipes Tagged With: Baccala recipe, Christmas traditions, Cynthia Goch, feast of the 7 fishes, Fish Recipe, GochYa Cooking, Italian traditions, MaMa Mia Cucina, The 12 Days of Christmas, The Epiphany, The Vigilia

About Cynthia Ferich

After writing and self-publishing “MaMa Mia Cucina” in 2007, Cynthia's writing, cooking and culinary teachings evolved into being as an entity surrounding food, fun, family and friends.

In an effort to capture her family’s ‘old world’ Italian recipes for future generations to enjoy, her grandmother, ‘Noni’, and Cynthia joined forces. "She measured, I wrote, and we cooked."

During her grandmother's latter 80 years, she traveled in memory through her life, as they shared in stories of a lifetime and long ago. As they shared this final chapter in her life, what Cynthia soon discovered through all of the measuring, cooking, sharing in the love of a family, and in the love of a friendship, was the passion for cooking, and a love that nourishes us all… It’s all about the FOOD!

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