At Home in Portugal, Part II

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Well here I am again, and let me tell u all about the lousy night I had.  My son developed a high grade fever late last afternoon, and so I moved him into my bedroom for the night...hehee. Dear hubby was posted off to Nadines room, erm but he was ok with it..at least me thinks so lol.  Well to cut a long evening short  today I am funcioning like a zoombie:=)

Like I promised let me post here a great recipe that I cooked for the Family last night.

Bacalhau Recipe

Another Portuguese lesson. Bacalhau is cod fish.

1 lb. of salt cod ( most times found in little wooden boxes)U can also use the frozen type.

5 to 6 large potatoes

2 large onions, sliced

1 green peppers, sliced into slivers

3 hard-boiled eggs, sliced

4 cloves of garlic

black olives, those sliced ones are real good

black pepper to taste

2 tablespoons of parsley, chopped fine if fresh

1 tablespoon of vinegar or the juice of one lemon( I prefer the vinegar)

Soak cod fish overnight. Boil the cod fish the next day in unsalted water for 15 min. Flake fish and set aside. Boil potatoes, slice and set aside. Slice onion, peppers, crush garlic and sauté in olive oil. In large casserole add a layer as follows, potatoes, then fish, sliced hard-eggs, onion, peppers ,  garlic. Sprinkle olives and parsley. Pour olive oil over the entire casserole. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for a 1/2 hour in a 3 qt. casserole dish. Serves around 6