Extremadura Escabeche of Turtledove with Cod and Low-temperature Egg

Preparation

Cook the turtledoves with the onion, bay leaf, red pepper, green pepper, lemon rind, oil, white wine, vinegar, garlic and salt for two hours. When cooked, remove the turtledove and vegetables and reduce the cooking liquid. Add the flaked cod to the reduced liquid and confit over very low heat for five minutes. Meanwhile, cook the eggs for thirty minutes but without letting the water boil.

Spanish recipe: Extremadura escabeche of turtledove with cod and low-temperature egg. Photo by: Toya Legido/©ICEX.

Presentation

Arrange all the vegetables at the center of the plate, add the cod and then top with the turtledove and the low-temperature cooked egg cut in half. Finally, drizzle the dish with the reduction and decorate with a bay leaf, thyme and lemon rind.

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Time

2,5 hours

  • 4 turledoves
  • 1 onion
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 red pepper
  • 1 green pepper
  • Rind of one lemon
  • 100 ml Spanish olive oil
  • 100 ml white wine
  • 100 ml white wine vinegar
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 300 gr flaked salt cod
  • 4 eggs
  • Salt
  • 4 turledoves
  • 1 onion
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 red pepper
  • 1 green pepper
  • Rind of one lemon
  • 3.645 fl. oz Spanish olive oil
  • 3.645 fl. oz white wine
  • 3.645 fl. oz white wine vinegar
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 10.582 oz flaked salt cod
  • 4 eggs
  • Salt
  • 4 turledoves
  • 1 onion
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 red pepper
  • 1 green pepper
  • Rind of one lemon
  • 0.423 cup Spanish olive oil
  • 0.423 cup white wine
  • 0.423 cup white wine vinegar
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1.41 cup flaked salt cod
  • 4 eggs
  • Salt
Wine match

Antonio Garzón

San Román 2005 (DO Toro), by Bodegas y Viñedos Maurodos. Twenty-two months in the barrel makes this a powerful, aromatic wine with a rounded acidity. It is fresh and long in the mouth with complex, lingering aromas.