Tonys Trading Enterprises

Cape Town, South Africa

Tony’s Trading Enterprises, International Merchant Traders based in Cape Town, South Africa have been specialist importers of dry salted fish since 1998. For the past 10 years Tony’s Trading Enterprises have supplied all parts of the world with Norway’s favourite seafood export, Bacalhau. Bacalhau has been produced for at least 500 years, since the time of the European discoveries. Before refrigeration, there was a need to preserve the codfish; drying and salting are ancient techniques to keep many nutrients and the process makes the codfish tastier. Dried Salted fish is produced from Cod, Ling, Tusk and Saithe. Commonly known as "Bacalhau" The head and gut are removed from the fresh fish, which was then laid in salt for 3 weeks, then dried. In the olden days, the fish was dried naturally in the fresh air and on the rocks and cliffs along the coast of west Norway. Today the drying process is performed in modern climatically controlled drying tunnels. Dried Salted fish contains the same nutrients as fresh fish, and 1 kilo has the same nutritional content as 3,2 kilos of fresh fish. Over the years technological advances have been made in the processing of Bacalhau, however the popularity and tradition of Bacalhau recipes has not. Tony’s Trading Enterprises will continue to provide this tasty Norwegian delicacy to all four corners of the globe.