Try the pulpo braseado or bacalao al Pil-Pil, and be sure to visit the town's fish markets to get a real flavour of the local area. |
The monkfish is cooked with ground mustard paste and turmeric and the forceful flavours are married with a fish, which reminded me of Spanish bacalao. |
The only piscatory enthusiasm I do not share with the Spanish is their devotion to bacalao, dried cod. |
The name first appears on a chart in 1508, but there are earlier accounts of Bacalao. |
Most are now exported to Italy, Spain, Portugal and Brazil and we know this as bacalao. |
Salt cod, or bacalao, is a speciality across Spain, and reflects earlier times without refrigeration. |