Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

merluza a la koxkera

English translation:

Basque-style hake or hake in green sauce?

Added to glossary by Justin Peterson
Dec 4, 2019 17:15
4 yrs ago
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Spanish term

merluza a la koxkera

Spanish to English Other Food & Drink Cuisine
OK, gourmands out there ...

Un rincón de donde salen los mejores mariscos, pescados como las **kokotxas de merluza** bacalao en degustación, merluza a la koxkera o carnes impresionantes.

Discussion

neilmac Dec 4, 2019:
A cheeky fish dish Kokotxas or "cocochas" in Spanish are the cheeks, apparently. I've never been able to make cheeks sound appetising, whatever beast they come from. "Kokotxas are a Basque speciality, not found elsewhere in Spain. They are essentially the fleshy cheeks of cod or hake fish and are often served in a sauce made from garlic, white wine and olive oil, and thickened with flour"...

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Basque-style hake or hake in green sauce?

Looks like it's a typical dish from the Basque region, or perhaps the San Sebastián (Donosti) area....

"La merluza a la koxkera, que también se conoce como merluza a la vasca o merluza a la donostiarramerluza a la vasca o merluza a la donostiarra"
"Este es el caso de este famoso plato de merluza a la koskera o a la vasca, con salsa verde"
Peer comment(s):

agree Carol Gullidge
25 mins
Thanks Carol!
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hake in Basque sauce

aunque el restaurante está en Marbella, los cocineros son riojanos, eso ayuda, y hay que tener en cuenta que es una ciudad super turística, con lo que es posible que la traducción sea correcta. En otros diccionarios ni la nombran.


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Bien traída la explicación de Carol.
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Reference comments

31 mins
Reference:

hake in green sauce

I found this recipe, which confirms Sarah's suggestion.

Hake in green sauce
Ingredients: 4 thick slices of hake
250 grams of clams
125 ml of fish broth
2 tablespoons white wine
4 cloves of garlic
Chopped parsley
Flour
Olive oil
Salt
Preparation:
Soak the clams in salty water for an hour to allow them to eject any remaining sand. Peel and finely chop the garlic. Place the oil in a saucepan and heat. Add the garlic and brown slightly. Stir in a spoonful of flour and leave for half a minute.

Add the wine and fish broth and heat up. Add the chopped parsley and the hake. Cook for three minutes after each step, shaking the saucepan gently. Add the clams and continue to shake the saucepan until the sauce thickens.

Your dish will be ready in a few minutes. You won't believe how good it is.
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree Sarah Leonard : Thanks Carol :) This English recipe is very similar (same base, just a few added vegetables) to the Spanish version I linked for hake in green sauce.
2 hrs
Thanks Sarah!
agree neilmac : And no mention of "cheeks" anywhere... although I found a few recipes online for kokotxas as "hake cheeks"....
14 hrs
Thanks Neil!
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