Nelson writes beautiful posts, the photographs are always incredible. Although here in Olhão you are more likely to see dried Nursehound (Spotted Dogfish) at Christmas (more on that another day), the Bacalhau is also a favourite on Christmas Eve so to give you time to prepare some for this Christmas I thought I’d share Nelson’s great post this morning! So here goes . . .
There are 1001 ways to prepare Bacalhau (salt cod), but there is only one Bacalhau Recipe the Portuguese keep faithful to. It goes by several names like Bacalhau á Lagareiro, Bacalhau no Forno or Bacalhau Assado com batatas a murro. These are all variations of the same principle of charcoal grilling ( in Summer) or oven roasting (in winter) the…