- 18-24 hours before, de-salt your cod by placing it in approximately 2 litres of cold water and in the refrigerator
- change the water 12 hours later (but reserve this salty water that will be used to boil the vegetables and flavour them), then add 2 fresh liters of water to the cod and de-salt for another 9-12 hours in the refrigerator and then discard the 2nd batch of water
- drain the cod well, pat dry with paper towels, cut into smaller pieces (appropriate for skewers) and refrigerate
- prepare the de-salted cod and vegetable marinade by combining the juice of 2 lemon, 1/3 cup olive oil, 2 crushed cloves of garlic, 1/4 tsp ground black pepper, 1/4 cup of fresh chopped dill and 1/2 cup of fresh chopped parsley and reserve for later
- prepare your vegetables by washing your baby potatoes and leaving the skin on, peeling your baby onions (or shallots), chopping up your red and green peppers in large pieces
- pour the first 2 liters of salty cod water into a large pot, add the bay leaves, rosemary branches, some black peppercorns and juniper berries and heat until it start to boil
- add the potatoes to the boiling water and boil until more tender for about 9-10 minutes, then add the baby onions for an additional 4-5 minutes, then the peppers and 2 garlic cloves for an additional 2 minutes (total boiling time 15-17 minutes) then remove all vegetables and plunge in cold water then drain
- preheat your oven to 200°C
- once the vegetables are cooled, divide your marinade (2/3 for your vegetables and 1/3 for your cod pieces) and marinade the vegetables for 15 minutes and the cod pieces for only 5 minutes (otherwise it will soften the fish too much)
- then thread onto your skewers, alternating fish and vegetables (if not too soft, thickly slice the 2 cloves of garlic that were boiled to thread onto the skewers too)
- place your skewers on an oven grate over a drip pan or baking dish and bake for 15 minutes and then broil for 10-15 minutes, rotating the skewers ever 5 minutes and basting them with the drippings, until nicely browned
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