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By Kyle Phillips, About.com Guide since 1996

Favorite Fish Recipes Created: Friday, June 15, 2007 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Italy has thousands of miles of bays, inlets, reefs, and beaches with all kinds of fish to choose from. Some of my favorite recipes:
Pasta, Chickpeas and Baccalà - Lasagne, Ceci e Baccalà Created: Saturday, October 30, 2004 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
In introducing a chickpea-based dessert in The Art of Eating Well, Artusi cautions his readers to buy their chickpeas dry and soak them at home, because the vendors of the time frequently used the ...
Baccalà: Salt Cod Created: Monday, November 27, 2006 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Baccalà, salt cod, for sale in Florence, and a recipe for baked baccalà
La Galleria del Pesce - Photos from Italian Fish Markets Created: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Photos from Italian fish markets, to help you decide what might work as a substitute if the Mediterranean fish aren't available where you live.
Peppers Stuffed with Rice and Baccalà - Peperoni Ripieni al Riso e Baccalà - Peppers with a Rice and Baccalà Filling Created: Sunday, December 26, 2004 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
As of this writing it has become hot enough that hearty meat dishes will cause even the sternest individual to wilt, whereas vegetables will refresh and relieve. Here is a recipe for peppers stuffe...
Baccalà Sformato Certosina Style - Sformato di Baccalà alla Certosina Created: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Baccalà Sformato Certosina Style, or Sformato di Baccalà alla Certosina: This is an elegant salt cod flan recipe; you can, if you want, eliminate the garlic.
Into the Sauce! 100% Authentic Southern Italian Recipes from Buca di Beppo Created: Friday, August 06, 2004 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
A nice collection of South Italian recipes from the Buca di Beppo
Potatoes and Baccalà Recipe - Patate e Baccalà - Baccalà with Potatoes Created: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Potatoes and Baccalà, or Patate e Baccalà: Baccalà is salt cod sold by the slab, and it used to be one of the most common Friday meals inland, where obtaining fresh fish was a proble...
Baccalà Fisherman's Style Recipe - Baccalà All'Usanza dei Pescatori Created: Sunday, November 14, 2004 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Baccalà Fisherman's Style, or Baccalà All'Usanza dei Pescatori: Baccalà is salt cod, and consequently not native to Versilia, the coastal plain north of Pisa. However, it does figure...
Baccalà in Spicy Sauce - Baccalà in Salsa Piccante Created: Monday, October 11, 2004 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Baccalà is quite mild and very versatile, the perfect foil for all sorts of sauces, including this spicy sauce. This recipe for baccalà in spicy sauce is from the Marche region.
Grilled Baccalà with Pepper Recipe - Baccalà in Graticola con Peperoni - Grilled Baccalà with Pepper Recipe Created: Sunday, October 10, 2004 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Baccalà in Graticola con Peperoni, or Grilled Baccalà with Peppers: Baccalà and peppers go quite nicely together in this recipe from the Abruzzo. Though it's traditionally done over ...
Baccalà alla Vicentina and Baccalà alla Cappuccina Created: Friday, October 08, 2004 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Baccalà alla vicentina is one of the most classic north Italian ways to prepare stoccafisso -- which vicentini call baccalà.
Fried Baccalà Recipe - Baccalà Indorato e Fritto Created: Sunday, November 28, 2004 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Fried Baccalà, or Baccalà Indorato e Fritto: Artusi, in discussing fried baccalà a century ago, warned his readers not to get too excited about it. Said readers were, however, well o...
Baccalà with Bell Peppers Recipe -- Baccalà coi Peperoni Created: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Baccalà with bell peppers: A tasty combination!
Fried Baccalà Recipe - Baccalà Fritto - Fried Cod Created: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Frying baccalà is simplicity in itself. And like fried cod, fried baccalà is very tasty.
Baccalà with Spinach Recipe - Baccalà in Zimino Created: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
In Zimino is a Tuscan term that means cooked with greens, and the greens often have a hot pepper zing to them. Also, a quick way to grill baccalà.
Baccalà with Greens Recipe - Baccalà con le Erbe Created: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
This baccalà with greens recipe is from Livorno, on the Tuscan coast. Though it calls for beet tops, it will also work well with spinach.
Baccalà with Mustard Recipe - Baccalà alla Senape Created: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Mustard is relatively uncommon in Italian cooking, but is perfect in this baccalà with mustard recipe. The recipe will also work with fresh cod.
Florentine style Baccalà Recipe - Baccalà alla Fiorentina - Stewed Baccalà Created: Monday, November 22, 2004 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Florentine style Baccalà, or Baccalà alla Fiorentina: This is one of the basic recipes for baccalà and has an enormous number of variations. Artusi omits the wine, others add a half ...
Baccalà in White Sauce Recipe - Baccalà in Salsa Bianca Created: Monday, November 22, 2004 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Baccalà in White Sauce, or Baccalà in Salsa Bianca: This dish made with salt cod is surprisingly tasty!
Stockfish Dip Recipe - Mantecato alla Veneziana Created: Monday, December 20, 2004 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Stockfish Dip, or Mantecato alla Veneziana: Stockfish is dried cod, and it looks like a piece of wood. An unusual thing to think of come Valentine's Day, but if properly prepared it can be quite se...
Boiled Baccalà Recipe - Baccalà Bollito Created: Monday, November 22, 2004 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Boiled Baccalà, or Baccalà Bollito: This is the simplest way to prepare baccalà, i.e. salt cod. But don't let simplicity fool you. It's good.
Baccalà Vicentina Style Recipe - Baccalà a la Visentina Created: Monday, January 23, 2006 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Though baccalà generally means salted cod in Italy, the Veneti use the word to refer to dried cod, what is known as stoccafisso in standard Italian and stockfish in English. This said, Baccal&...
Testaroli with Baccalà and Onions - Testaroli con Baccalà e Cipolle Created: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Though one generally thinks of testaroli as a first course dish they can work very nicely as a bed for other foods, in this case fish and onions. I'd use fairly sweet onions here.
Classic Italian Dishes: Baccalà Created: Friday, August 06, 2004 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
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Baccalà: Unexpected delight from Salt Cod Created: Monday, November 27, 2006 Updated: Monday, May 21, 2012
Baccalà is salt cod sold by the slab, and you might think it an unlikely food to get excited over. But you'd be wrong, because well-cooked baccalà is a delight: Firm, slightly chewy, and ...
Burgher-Style Apple Frittata Recipe - Frittata Di Mele Alla Borghese - Burgher-Style Apple Frittata Recipe Created: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 Updated: Monday, May 21, 2012
Frittatas are now almost invariably savory, but this wasn't always the case, and indeed a century ago sweet frittatas were common desserts in restaurants. Not that everyone approved; Artusi remarke...
The Frittata, or: How to Stretch Eggs Created: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 Updated: Monday, May 21, 2012
One of the best ways to stretch an egg is a frittata, a close relative of the omelet in which the eggs are lightly beaten, poured into the pan with some sort of filler, and cooked. Quick, easy, ver...
A Sweet Frittata Recipe for Dessert - Frittata Dolce per Dessert - A Sweet Frittata Recipe for Dessert Created: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 Updated: Monday, May 21, 2012
The frittata is an extremely tasty way to stretch eggs. Though most are savory, one can make a sweet frittata for dessert, and they were indeed quite common in the past. This sweet frittata is easy...
A Spaghetti Frittata Recipe - Frittata di Spaghetti Created: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 Updated: Monday, May 21, 2012
You might not think to put spaghetti into a frittata, but the combination is very nice indeed, and perfect summer fare of the sort that's wonderful served cool on a hot day, and ideal for picnics o...
A Salami Frittata - Frittata con il Salame - Salami Frittata Recipe Created: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 Updated: Monday, May 21, 2012
A Salami Frittata, or Frittata con il Salame: This is one of the Valdostan dishes that would have been the major player in a one-course meal in the past, and has now become an antipasto (in small w...
Garlic-and-Parsley Frittata Recipe - Frittata di Aglio e Prezzemolo - Garlic-and-Parsley Frittata Recipe Created: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 Updated: Monday, May 21, 2012
This is a refreshing summer frittata that will work nicely with a tossed salad and a bottle of white wine, for example Vermentino, as a light meal.

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