Viuda de Pescado

Fish Widow

Preparation info
  • 4

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Secrets of Colombian Cooking

By Patricia McCausland-Gallo

Published 2004

  • About

I usually serve this dish without ñame or pumpkin. If you prefer to leave out some of the vegetables, just increase the other ones. For example, I use three-quarter of a pound each of yuca and potatoes in place of the ones I mentioned. This is a great dish to prepare on cold winter nights; it is heartwarming and delicious. The name of this recipe comes from the legend of a spirit dressed like a woman that lived near the fishing town of Buenaventura and smelled like fish; she would ap