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Gomes de Sá cod with potatoes

Porto-style cod with potatoes, onions, hard-boiled eggs, olives and olive oil.

⏱ Estimated time: 65 minutes🍽 Servings: 4🇵🇹 Portugal
Gomes de Sá cod with potatoes — Digitally created illustrative image
Digitally created illustrative image

Ingredients

  • 600 g desalted salt cod
  • 700 g potatoes
  • 2 large onions
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 100 ml olive oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 bay leaf
  • Black olives and parsley to taste
  • Black pepper to taste

Step-by-step method

  1. Boil potatoes in their skins until tender, cool slightly, peel and slice.
  2. Gently poach desalted cod; remove skin and all bones, then break into large flakes.
  3. Boil eggs for about 10 minutes from boiling, cool, peel and quarter.
  4. Cook sliced onions, garlic and bay leaf slowly in olive oil. Gently fold in fish and potatoes.
  5. Transfer to an ovenproof dish and warm at 190°C / 375°F for 15 minutes. Garnish with egg, olives, parsley and pepper.
✦ Cooking tip

Keep the cod in generous flakes rather than shredding it finely.

A home-style version; regional and family variations are common. Check cooking times and food doneness before serving.