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Saltfish
A preserved fish that became a Caribbean staple through trade and necessity.
Morue salée · Salted cod · Bacalao
Quick facts
- Origin
- North Atlantic, central to Caribbean trade history
- Family
- Gadidae
- Flavour profile
- Deeply savoury, saline, firm and flaking
- Seasonality
- Year-round
- Category
- Fish & seafood
- Aliases
- Bacalao, Salt cod, Morue
- Calories / 100g
- 290 kcal
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The story behind this ingredient
Salt cod arrived through the triangular trade as cheap protein and stayed as national dish material: ackee and saltfish, accras, chiquetaille, bacalaíto.
Culinary uses: Ackee and saltfish · Accras · Chiquetaille · Buljol
Recipes with Saltfish
Chefs who love this ingredient
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Saltfish Traditions
Desalting, flaking and four regional preparations from accras to buljol.
- Sun, 25 Oct 2026, 17:00 · 180 min
- Bridgetown, Barbados · In person · BBD 190
Caribbean Culinary Ecosystem