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Portuguese Dishes
Portuguese cuisine is very tasty and diverse, and as such is one of the reasons why tourists choose Portugal as their destination. Many Portuguese dishes are made from fish, for example Bacalhau, or salted cod, and Caldeirada, a traditional stew with fish, shellfish, vegetables and white wine. The most popular soups served in Portugal are Acorda and Caldo Verde, both thick and nutritious. When it comes to dessert, have a taste of Malasadas, traditional deep-fried doughnuts served during Mardi Gras, and Pasteis de Nata, small cream tarts with cinnamon and powdered sugar.
The title of Portugal's chief confectionery treat belongs to small cream tarts with cinnamon and powdered sugar, commonly referred to as
pastéis de nata. According to the popular belief, they were first prepared by the nuns inhabiting the...
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The Portuguese take on doughnut was developed by people inhabiting the island of São Miguel, part of the archipelago of the Azores. They came up with a delicious way of using up all the sugar and lard in the household before the time of Lent,...
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Caldo verde, literally meaning “green soup”, is the most popular of the long list of soup recipe produced by the Portuguese culinary tradition. The list of ingredients required for
caldo verde proves that this world-famous symbol of...
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Portugal's favourite snack or appetizer,
açorda is a kind of thick soup composed of mashed bread and eggs with garlic and a variety of herbs. An obligatory position on the menu of every workmen's tavern, it usually features fresh seafood and...
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A rich and heavy bean stew,
feijoda originated as a simple and cheap dish popular in the lower classes. With time, it has evolved into a great favourite of members of all social groups. The beloved recipe travelled with explorers to the...
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Visitors arriving at Madeira are quick to notice the everpresence of a mouth-watering smell enveloping the island. It soon turns out that they don't have to walk far to discover its source, for at the first street corner they're bound to come...
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One of the most traditional pork dishes of the Portuguese cuisine originated in the agricultural heart of the country, the province of Alentejo. The most basic recipe for the speciality, commonly referred to as simply
Alentejana, mixes chunks...
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In continental Portugal, the Arabic word
alcatra is used to refer to an expensive meat cut. On the Terceira Island, however, the name evokes much more complex associations. On the basis of this particular cut, the residents of the island have...
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