Bacalhau com natas, the tastiest fish dish you can find!

Bacalhau com natas is a delicious recipe from Portugal which will allow you to eat fish in a different way. Give it a try, you’re going to love it!

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Bacalhau com natas, the tastiest fish dish you can find!

Ingredients

Previous steps

Preparation

Baked

Result

As I’ve already told you, bacalhau com natas is a notorious dish in Portugal. Among its ingredients, you’ll find onion, diced fried potato, cream and, bacalhau, of course! As the Portuguese say, there are more than 365 ways to cook this fish, one for every day of the year. So, today I’m going to show you which for me is one of the tastiest ones. Are you ready?

Ingredients to make bacalhau com natas

  • 500 grams of fresh cod
  • 1 large onion
  • 1 large potato
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • Fresh parsley
  • 1/2 L. of milk
  • 200 ml. of evaporated milk
  • Black olives

Previous steps

    • Cut the potato into small cubes. This will make it easier to mix everything later.
Bacalhau com natas, the tastiest fish dish you can find!, step 1
    • Cut the onion into julienne.
Bacalhau com natas, the tastiest fish dish you can find!, step 2
    • Chop the garlic and parsley as fine as you can. In this way, their flavor will be better distributed among the other ingredients.
Bacalhau com natas, the tastiest fish dish you can find!, step 3
    • Heat the milk to maximum firepower. When it starts bubbling, turn it down and boil the cod for a few minutes. Take note that it will be ready quite quickly, so keep an eye on it. Remove the cod and store both ingredients for later.
Bacalhau com natas, the tastiest fish dish you can find!, step 4
    • Sauté the potato cubes in a frying pan until they are medium-brown. Save them for later.
Bacalhau com natas, the tastiest fish dish you can find!, step 5

Preparation of the bacalhau com natas

    • In the same pan, sauté the onion and garlic cloves at maximum power.
Bacalhau com natas, the tastiest fish dish you can find!, step 6
    • Then add the cod and the parsley. Try to crumble it well until you get a uniform mixture.
Bacalhau com natas, the tastiest fish dish you can find!, step 7
    • Then pour in the milk you boiled the cod with. Reduce the power a little and stir. Wait until most of the milk has evaporated.
Bacalhau com natas, the tastiest fish dish you can find!, step 8
    • Add the potatoes, the evaporated milk and some sliced black olives to the pan. Let it reduce until it gets thick. If it’s too liquid, you can add small amounts of flour to make the bacalhau com natas thicker.
Bacalhau com natas, the tastiest fish dish you can find!, step 9

Baked

    • Put it in a baking sheet. Bake it at 200 degrees to gratin its superior layer.
Bacalhau com natas, the tastiest fish dish you can find!, step 10
    • Decorate it with some parsley… And that’s it!
Bacalhau com natas, the tastiest fish dish you can find!, step 11

Result

Bacalhau com natas, the tastiest fish dish you can find!, resultAlthough it may seem that bacalhau com natas has a tedious elaboration because it has many different steps, it is worth giving it a try. It is a very tasty dish that will surely please even people who are not used to eat fish.

In my opinion, bacalhau com natas and bacalhau à brás are the best dishes of the Portuguese gastronomy, so why not give them a chance?

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