Although there are many fish that we can cook at home, cod is a resource that we can use in the kitchen and throughout the year because we always have salted options in the supermarket.
Although it is the most traditional fish at Easter (these 40 recipes corroborate it), it is also the hallmark of Portugal, where it is cooked and prepared in a thousand different ways. These are the five best Portuguese cod recipes with which you will travel without leaving home.
Golden cod or bacalhau à Brás
It may be the most typical cod recipe from Portugal (or at least one of them) and being a very simple recipe, it has won the affection of many. The key is to cut the straw potatoes (you can use a mandoline to facilitate the task) thin and as equal as possible and to achieve a balanced proportion of fish, potatoes and egg. If we want to save time we can follow the recipe of the Directo al Paladar experts who state that “using bagged straw potatoes saves us between 10 and 15 minutes”.
Stainless Steel Mandoline Slicer, Adjustable Kitchen Food Mandoline Vegetable Slicer Fruit Vegetable Paper Cutter Thin to 6mm
spirit cod
Another of the most classic dishes of Portuguese cuisine is spiritual cod, a recipe in which cod combines its flavor with vegetables such as carrots, potatoes and onions and that cooks au gratin in the oven, giving it a quiche-like appearance and a delicious flavour.
Bacalhau com natas or cod with cream
Thanks to the light bechamel sauce, this cod au gratin dish is very juicy and very easy to make. Again it has cod and potatoes as protagonists, and it is ideal to make on cold days.
Arcuisine Oven Dish, 1.6 liters
Cod a la Zé do Pipo
this kind of cod cake with mashed potatoes It is the ideal excuse to stay home on a cold day. Comforting and delicious, Zé do Pipo cod is very easy to make and can also be made with fresh cod. An idea, you can do it in individual portions with smaller molds.
COM-FOUR® 6x Souffle molds – Ceramic bowls for the oven – Portion molds in various shades of blue – Dessert bowls, 200 ml
Cod a la Gomes de Sá
In Lent and Easter there are many traditional recipes in which cod is the protagonist, and this is one of them. Although the recipe for cod a la Gomes de Sá it is somewhat laborious in time, it is not in difficulty, and the result is well worth it.
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