OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS SEVERAL RECIPES WILL BE ADDED SO CHECK BACK FROM TIME TO TIME FOR NEW ADDITIONS. I HOPE YOU WILL TRY THESE RECIPES AND ENJOY THEM AS MUCH AS I DO. I LEARNED HOW TO COOK AT THE AGE OF 5 YRS. AT THE KNEE OF MY ITALIAN GRANDFATHER. I WAS COOKING INTERNATIONAL DISHES AT THE AGE OF 9.
BACALHAU AO FORNO (BAKED COD)
Ingredients
Serves: 6
• 1 kg bacalhau (cod) filet or flaked
• 3 peppers cut in thin strips (one each red / green / yellow)
• 3 tomatoes sliced
• 3 onions in rings (2 yellow / 1 purple)
• 10 potatoes sliced
• ½ cup olive oil
• 1 small jar of olives (green or black)
• 1 Tbsp. Orégano
• 4 eggs hard boiled and sliced or quartered
• 1 cup white wine (medium dry) - optional
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Directions
Prep: 20 min | Cooking: 1 hour
1. Leave the cod to soak in a large bowl of cold water in the refrigerator at least 24 hours, change the water every 4 hours.
2. Place the cod in a large pot with water and heat until is just before begins to boil. Remove the cod and let cool, flake the cod and set aside. Boil the potatoes in the same water until they are tender but firm (not falling apart). Cut the potatoes into thick slices.
3. Grease a Pyrex baking dish. Create layers of each separate ingredient: cod, potato, tomato, onion and peppers.
4. Pour olive oil evenly over the surface, sprinkle with oregano and spread olives and hard boiled eggs over the top.
5. Add wine if desired.
6. Cover with aluminum foil and bake in a medium (180° C) oven for 30 minutes
I make this dish especially for my mother-in-law every Christmas, she's told her daughter that she will disown her if she ever leaves me! hahahahaha