BACALHAU - 365 DIFFERENT RECIPES
Visitors to Portugal are often surprised by the popularity of the dried, salted codfish known as bacalhau.
It features prominently on every restaurant menu, and can often be seen hanging up in shop doorways. There is even a section dedicated to bacalhau in the supermarket.
But once you have tasted one of the 365 different recipes that the Portuguese say exist, then you’ll appreciate its popularity and understand why they traditionally serve it up as the main course during their Christmas feast.
Such dishes as Bacalhau à Braz, Bacalhau à Zé do Pipo and Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá can be found on most restaurant menus, so be sure to try one before leaving Portugal.