Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá

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Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá is essentially a casserole of cod, potatoes and onion. It is a speciality from the northern city of Porto, being today popular in entire Portugal, and is considered one of Portugal's greatest bacalhau recipes.

[edit] Origin of the name

Gomes de Sá was the son of a rich nineteenth century merchant (apparently he dealt in cod) in Porto. The family fortune dwindled and the son had to find a job at the famous restaurant Restaurante Lisbonense in downtown Porto. It was there that he created the now well known recipe.