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

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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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