noun
- Dried and salted cod, used especially in Mediterranean and Italian cuisine.
Usage: Also spelled 'bacalao' in Spanish and Portuguese contexts.; Requires soaking and desalting before cooking.
Examples
- The Italian restaurant served baccala fritters as an appetizer.
- She soaked the baccala overnight to remove the excess salt.
- Baccala is a traditional ingredient in many Mediterranean dishes.
- The fishmonger sells baccala in the dried fish section.
- For Christmas Eve dinner, they prepared baccala with tomatoes and olives.