Cod croquettes (crocchette di merluzzo)

2_07076 COD CROQUETTES INGREDIENTS for 4 PEOPLE 100 g of boiled potatoes well, 9 teaspoons of chopped dill, 4 black peppercorns, 750 g of cod fillets, 2 cm of fresh ginger root, 1 onion, 100 g of carrots, 300 g biscuits, 2 tablespoons of capers, 4 tablespoons mayonnaise, 1 egg, 1 tablespoon of mustard, 4 tablespoons of olive oil, 40 g of butter.

Peel the potatoes and cook for 15 minutes in boiling salted water.

Drain and cut them in two.

Bring 2 liter of water with 6 tablespoons of dill and pepper to a boil.

Soak the pieces of cod and, when it starts to boil, allow 5 minutes over medium heat.

Check out the cod with the help of a skimmer and let cool.

Peel and finely chop ginger, onion and carrots.

Cut the biscuits into breadcrumbs.

Remove the skin and bones of cod and put the flesh in a bowl.

Add the potatoes, carrots, 4 tablespoons of bread crumbs, dill, ginger, capers and onion and stir carefully.

Mix the mayonnaise, egg and mustard, then incorporate the previously prepared.

With his hands formed, with the compound, elongated patties 8.

Pass through the rest of the bread crumbs and keep them aside for at least 2 hours in refrigerator.

In a saucepan, then Brown the croquettes, 4 minutes per side, in hot butter and oil.

Served piping hot.