Salt Cod in Tomato - Bacalao en Tomate

Salt Cod in Tomato or Bacalao en Tomate - You'll find it served at dinner tables around northern Spain and it's one of our favorite dishes, especially approaching the holidays. In fact, we'll make a double recipe at Christmas so that we can eat the extra for lunch or when guests stop in. This recipe is not difficult, but the salt cod does need to be soaked in water for about 48 hours before cooking or it is too salty.

• Salt Cod in Tomato - Bacalao en Tomate
• Step-by-Step Cod with Tomato Sauce

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Virtual European Christmas Recipe Exchange

Guides on About.com's Food and Drink Channel are exchanging European Christmas recipes this month, so in the next few weeks, you'll see us post some recipes from other parts of Europe. Today Elaine Lemm, About.com’s British Food guide shares a couple traditional British recipes:

Christmas Cake - No British Christmas is complete without a Christmas Cake. This Christmas cake recipe may at first look complicated but is actually quite easy, all it needs for success is organization. Assemble and weigh all the ingredients and line the cake tin before you start and the rest is straightforward. The cake can be made up to two months before Christmas allowing time for it to mature to be fed at regular intervals with brandy.

British Christmas Pudding - Despite reports that the traditional British Christmas Pudding has fallen out of favor for lighter desserts, it is as popular as it ever was. The pudding is best made well in advance, by several weeks to allow it to mature. Traditionally the Christmas Pudding is made on 'Stir it up Sunday' the Sunday before Advent around the end of November.

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