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Tiella di palombo e patate (potato and fish casserole) – Puglia

 

Tiella di palombo e patate (potato and fish casserole) - Puglia
 
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Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
1 hour
Total time
1 hour 10 mins
 
Tiella was the brought to Puglia by the Bourbons. The round tin or copper baking tins that it is cooked in (or more traditionally, terracotta) are also called tiella, taieddha or taeddhra. These casseroles are now baked in the oven but before the days of electric and gas ovens, they were baked on Sundays in wood stoves with a cover on which coals would be layered to ensure that the layers cooked evenly.
There are many variations of tiella, the most famous being tiella barese with layers of baked rice, onions, potatoes, mussels, fresh tomato and Pecorino cheese from Bari. In Salento courgettes (zucchini) and parsley are added. In Foggia, where my husband's grandfather is from, fried salt cod is layered with sliced potatoes, minced garlic, parsley, onions and halved cherry tomatoes. Other economical fish and seafood are also substituted such as octopus, anchovies and sardines. There are also vegetarian versions where the mussels or fish are substituted with oyster mushrooms (cardoncelli) or is simply a baked casserole of peppers, aubergines (eggplant), potatoes and tomatoes. Sometimes artichokes are added. There is even a version with horse meat from Bari. The more ingredients that are included, the more layers there are and the taller the tiella.
Author: Woo Wei-Duan
Recipe type: Main Course (Secondo)
Cuisine: Puglia
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 15 grams flat leaf parsley, rinsed, dried, leaves removed and finely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, skin removed and finely chopped
  • 80 mls extra-virginolive oil, plus more for greasing the pan
  • 1 kilo potatoes, rinsed and cut into ½ cm (1/4 inch) thick rounds
  • 1 onion, skin and ends removed and finely chopped
  • 500 grams monkfish, cut into 3 cm cubes
  • 40 grams breadcrumbs
  • Sea salt
  • Black pepper, freshly ground
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 175C (350F).
  2. Drizzle some olive oil in a baking pan and sprinkle half the breadcrumbs over the pan.
  3. Mix together the parsley, garlic and olive oil with salt and pepper to taste. Toss the potatoes with one third of the parsley garlic mixture. Place half the potatoes into the pan. Evenly layer the onion over the potatoes.
  4. Toss the monkfish with one third of the garlic parsley mixture and place on top of the onion layer.
  5. Cover with the remaining potatoes.
  6. Toss the remaining breadcrumbs with the remaining one third of the parsley and garlic mixture. Evenly cover the top of the potatoes with the flavoured breadcrumbs.
  7. Cover the casserole with aluminium foil and bake in the oven for 30 minutes.
  8. Remove the foil and bake another 30 minutes, until the top is golden and the fish and potatoes are cooked through.
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