The Venetianbacalà mantecatoand the Messinesepescestocco a ghiottaare some of Italy’s most famous cod-based dishes. Less well-known but not at all less delicious is the Piedmontese fried salt cod dish with polenta and onions[ii]my mother-in-law is fond of making at this time of year...
10) The term for this final touch is the verb “mantecare” or noun “mantecatura”. I mentioned in another post that I am much persuaded that the etymology could owe something to Spain, where the word for butter is: mantequilla. (Let us not forget that the risotto is a dish from th...