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Bacalhau a Bras

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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/

Facts
Partially Attested
Origin Period, From (Year)
1850 to 1899 1
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 Region
Bairro 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
Dietary SuitabilitySourced to the subject's own account
Contains Fish or Shellfish 1
Sources
1. Bacalhau a Bras (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Introduction
    It is Cristiano Ronaldo’s favorite dish.
  • 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
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacalhau_%C3%A0_Br%C3%A1s (dietary-suitability)
    Bacalhau à 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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