
Bacalhau à Zé do Pipo
A Portuguese oven-baked cod dish layered with onion, mashed potatoes seasoned with ground nutmeg, and mayonnaise. Created in Porto by Zé do Pipo, it is usually garnished with olives or peppers.
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It is an oven baked dish, consisting in layers of bacalhau, onion, mashed potatoes with a hint of ground nutmeg, and mayonnaise. Although mayonnaise is not traditionally used in Portuguese cuisine, in this dish it's considered typical. It is usually garnished with olives or peppers. The recipe originates from Porto, having achieved popularity in Vizela, being named after its creator, Zé do Pipo, who owned a famous restaurant in Porto during the 1960s. He won a national gastronomic contest with this main course, making many restaurants adopt it in their menus and popularizing it through the country to this day.