In Cod We Trust – in Barcelona

In a city centre back street in Barcelona, somewhere near Las Ramblas, we found this shop. It sells one thing only: blocks of dried salt cod: bacallà (Catalan) bacalau (Spanish). Salting and drying cod changes and deepens the flavour, and means it will keep for a very long time if necessary. Soak it to remove much of the salt and to soften it, and use in your favourite recipe!

For Debbie’s Six Word Saturday.

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Author: margaret21

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  3. I’ve never developed the technique of cooking it, and I hate the smell but I do have a couple of favourite dishes- bacalhau, as we spell it here, is widely available in our supermarkets. Bacalhau com natas, in a creamy, sometimes mustard flavoured sauce, I like very much. Or bacalhau a bras is like scrambled eggs with codfish flakes and slivers of potato. Very tasty.

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  18. We have a shop here in Melbourne that sells salt cod among other delights. I thought I’d give it a go…not sure if I soaked it too much or not enough, but it didn’t work out too well. I’d like to try it when prepared by someone who knows what they are doing.

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