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Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
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Cut dome off of bread.
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Remove bread from the base part, leaving a wall of crust.
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Place base in oven and bake until quite hard, about 30 minutes.
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Meanwhile, heat water, onion, bay leaf, peppercorns, and vinegar to boil and add cod.
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Poach 3 to 4 minutes, or until just cooked through.
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Remove from heat and allow to cool.
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Set boiling water and ice bath up.
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Blanch consecutively the beans, carrots, celery and artichokes, refreshing and maintaining each individually.
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Place both beets and potato in boiling water and boil 20 minutes, or until they are done, and remove them to separate bowls.
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Peel each and cut into festive slices.
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Dress each if these 7 components separately with Ligurian oil and lemon juice and lightly season with salt and pepper.
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Remove the cod and flake into large pieces.
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Dress with Ligurian oil, lemon juice and salt and pepper.
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Steam first the langostinos and then the lobsters over the court bouillon and allow them to cool.
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To make the sauce, remove the pits from the 8 green olives and place the flesh in a food processor.
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Add 1 tablespoon capers and anchovy fillets, 2 eggs, 1 bunch chopped parsley, garlic clove, 2 tablespoons pine nuts and the vinegarsoaked bread.
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Blend in the processor until smooth and then slowly add remaining 3/4 cup olive oil until you have formed a thick, creamy mayonnaise.
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It should still be quite sharp.
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To assemble the dish, lay the bread disk in the center of large round plate.
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Build a pyramidal structure using first the beans, then a dollop of sauce, then the cod, and so on, until all the ingredients have a layer on top of the bread.
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Finish with the lobsters and nothing else on top.
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Garnish the base of the structure with quartered hardboiled eggs, anchovies, olives and capers.
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Challenge your guests to be the first to consume your work!