Bacalhau recipe

September 26th, 2006

Plenty of healthy tasty food in Madeira. I`ll leave you with one of the more than a thousand recipes of `Bacalhau` (dried cod fish salted and dried): 

Country style Bacalhau: Ingredients for 4 people: 

750 g of Bacalhau (centre cut or the lombo are the best for this recipe) 500 g boiled sliced potatoes 

2 sliced medium onions 250 ml of olive oil 

3 tbsp of fresh coriander, chopped The Bacalhau needs to be soaked for 24 hours, it`s convenient to change the water now and then. For the last hour soak the bacalhau in milk. Then put the fish in simmering water for 15 min, until it gets tender. Remove skin and bones and flake it into large pieces. Preheat the oven to 180C. Heat the olive oil in a casserole, add the onions and cook them until they are soft. Remove from heat, add the potatoes, garlic and the fish and one table spoon of coriander, mix it well. Drizzle plenty of olive oil on top and put it in the even to bake until the top is golden. It usually takes 15 min in the even, but keep an eye on it. Serve it with the remaining coriander on top. 

Hope it turns out well and that you will enjoy it.  

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