Bacalhau com natas
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Bacaulhau com natas is a popular way of cooking salted cod (bacalhau
) in Portugal
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It is an oven baked dish consisting of layers of bacalhau, onion, diced fried potato and cream. Although dairy such as cream or cheese is not used in traditional Portuguese main courses the popularity of this dish, in households and restaurants, make it a classic.
The origin of this dish is unclear, but a similar one using cod and cream was invented by chef João Ribeiro in the 1930s.
Bacalhau
Bacalhau is the Portuguese word for codfish and—in a culinary context—dried and salted codfish. Fresh cod is referred to as bacalhau fresco .-Use:...
) in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
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It is an oven baked dish consisting of layers of bacalhau, onion, diced fried potato and cream. Although dairy such as cream or cheese is not used in traditional Portuguese main courses the popularity of this dish, in households and restaurants, make it a classic.
The origin of this dish is unclear, but a similar one using cod and cream was invented by chef João Ribeiro in the 1930s.