Bacalhau a Bras is a Portuguese dish most accounts trace to the Bairro Alto neighborhood of Lisbon in the second half of the 19th century. It consists of shredded salted cod bound with eggs and mixed with onions and thin, matchstick cut fried potatoes, usually garnished with black olives and fresh flat leaf parsley. The dish is said to take its name from its creator, a man known as Bras, though the exact history is uncertain, and the same cooking technique has since been adapted to other ingredients, producing variants such as frango a Bras made with chicken. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Origin Period, From (Year)Sourced to the subject's own accountSame uncertain second-half-of-19th-century Wikipedia dating as origin-region; 1850-1899 brackets that half century. Origin RegionBairro Alto, Lisbon, Portugal 1 Sourced to the subject's own accountWikipedia says the recipe's origin is uncertain but that in its current form it is said to have originated in Bairro Alto, an old quarter of Lisbon, during the second half of the 19th century, probably from older related cod recipes. Classification
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Who was Brás in the name Bacalhau à Brás?
Legend credits an innkeeper in Bairro Alto called Braz.
According to legend, the dish was invented by an innkeeper in Bairro Alto called Braz, in the late 19th century, and the name credits him. The story is a legend rather than documented history, so the real origin of the recipe is not known for certain.
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Introduction (Bairro Alto origin, region)
in its current form it is said to have originated during the second half of the 19th century in Bairro Alto, an old quarter of Lisbon
Introduction (Bairro Alto origin, start)
in its current form it is said to have originated during the second half of the 19th century in Bairro Alto, an old quarter of Lisbon
Introduction (Bairro Alto origin, end)
in its current form it is said to have originated during the second half of the 19th century in Bairro Alto, an old quarter of Lisbon
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Bacalhau à Brás (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɐkɐˈʎaw a ˈβɾaʃ], meaning "salt cod in the style of Brás") is a Portuguese dish made from shreds of salted cod (bacalhau), onions and thinly chopped (matchstick-sized) fried potatoes, all bound with eggs.
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Bacalhau à Brás (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɐkɐˈʎaw a ˈβɾaʃ], meaning "salt cod in the style of Brás") is a Portuguese dish made from shreds of salted cod (bacalhau), onions and thinly chopped (matchstick-sized) fried potatoes, all bound with eggs.
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Bacalhau à Brás (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɐkɐˈʎaw a ˈβɾaʃ], meaning "salt cod in the style of Brás") is a Portuguese dish made from shreds of salted cod (bacalhau), onions and thinly chopped (matchstick-sized) fried potatoes, all bound with eggs.
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