Portugal’s cuisine is highly influenced by its ocean with many dishes consisting of seafood but you can also find a variety of meat dishes. With Portugal’s history, you can find different foods that will fulfill your tastebuds. Below is a list of what to eat in Portugal to get a better understanding of their culture.
Entrée:
Folhadas (meat or cheese-stuffed pasties)
Bacalhau á bràs (scrambled eggs with salted cod, potatoes, onions)
Caldo verde soup
Olives
Winter chestnuts
Seafood:
Bacalhau salted cod
Caldeirada de Peixe seafood stew
Allula Guisado Braised Squid
Sole (linguado), Sardines (sardinha), Octopus (polvo)
Salmon (salmão), Trout (truta)
Cataplana mixed seafood stew
Açorda de mariscos prawn stew
Meat:
Grilled chicken marinated in chilli
Leitão roasted baby pig
Cabrito (roast kid)
Carne de Porco á Alentejana (pork and clam)
Feijoada (beans, meat and vegetables)
Entrecosto com Mel (pork ribs with honey, garlic and liquor)
Alheira sausages
Presunto ham
Snacks:
Chamuças (samosas),
Bifanas (pork sandwich)
Condiments:
Piri Piri sauce
Olive Oil
Dessert:
Custard tarts: Pastéis de Nata, Pastéis de Belém
Arroz Doce rice pudding
Fruits:
Date-plums, figs, summer melons, oranges
Cheese:
Azeitão, Serpa, Terrincho
Queijo da Serra Serrinha (Serrano)
Azeitão sheep milk cheese
Queijadas de Sintra cheese tart
Wine:
Vinho Verde (green wine)
Vinho do Dão, Vinho da Bairrada
‘Bastardo’ grapes
Port (fortified wine)
Madeira wine
Drink:
Expresso coffee
Sumol soft drinks
Guaraná Antarctica energy drink
Beer:
Sagres, Super Bock, Cristal, Coral
Spirits:
Aguardente de Figo (fig firewater)
Licor Beirão
Ginjinha (Ginja cherry) liquor
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