A FOOD TRADITION
Mainland Portuguese Cuisine
The diverse cooking traditions of mainland Portugal, combining Atlantic seafood, cod preparations, rustic meat dishes, soups, breads, and regionally distinctive pastries.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Açorda à Alentejana
An Alentejan Portuguese bread soup made by soaking wheat bread in hot seasoned broth with garlic, coriander, olive oil, and often a poached egg.
Aletria
A Portuguese sweet vermicelli pudding cooked with wheat vermicelli, milk, sugar, lemon peel, and cinnamon, commonly enriched with egg yolks.
Amêijoas à Bulhão Pato
Clams are gently cooked with garlic, olive oil, white wine, coriander, and lemon in this classic Portuguese preparation.
Arroz de Cabidela
A Portuguese rice preparation in which chicken is cooked with rice and seasoned with vinegar and its characteristic blood-based sauce.
Arroz de Marisco
A savory Cape Verdean seafood rice prepared with rice, mixed seafood, aromatics, tomato, pepper, and seafood stock.
Arroz de Pato
A Portuguese baked rice dish made with seasoned duck and rice, commonly finished with cured pork and aromatics before being browned in the oven.
Arroz Doce
A sweet Cape Verdean rice pudding slowly cooked with rice, milk, sugar, and aromatic citrus or cinnamon.
Bacalhau à Brás
A Portuguese preparation of shredded salted cod folded with thin fried potatoes, onion and scrambled egg, usually finished with olives and parsley.
Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá
A traditional Portuguese baked casserole of salted cod, potatoes, onions, olive oil, eggs, olives, garlic, and parsley.
Bacalhau à Zé do Pipo
A Portuguese baked dish of salted cod and onion covered with mashed potatoes and commonly finished with mayonnaise.
Bacalhau com Natas
A Portuguese baked casserole of salted cod, potatoes and onion bound in a creamy sauce and commonly finished with a browned cheese topping.
Bifana
A Portuguese pork sandwich made with thin slices of seasoned pork served in a bread roll with a garlicky wine-based sauce.
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