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Açorda à Alentejana
Also known as: Açorda Alentejana
Alentejo bread stew with coriander, pennyroyal, garlic and eggs.
About Açorda à Alentejana
VisitPortugal publishes this Açorda à Alentejana from the Lisbon tourism school, based on Maria de Lourdes Modesto’s traditional recipes. The Alentejo version combines homemade bread with herbs, olive oil and eggs.
Coriander, pennyroyal and garlic give the bread a pronounced herbal seasoning. Coarse salt and olive oil complete the simple mixture, with the reserved egg-poaching water forming its liquid base.
The selected sliced bread absorbs the herb-seasoned liquid, giving the preparation its substantial body. Poached eggs complete the simple bread-and-herb composition.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Açorda à Alentejana
Lisbon tourism school’s traditional Açorda à Alentejana.
- CorianderAromatic
- PennyroyalAromaticIngredient page not linked
- GarlicAromatic
- Coarse saltSeasoning
- Olive oilSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- Homemade breadBase
- EggsProtein
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Coriander: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source bunch; plant parts not narrowed.
- Pennyroyal: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Exact botanical species not supplied; no narrower substitution.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Coarse salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader salt candidate; coarse form.
- Olive oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Same explicit water poaches eggs then is reserved/reused; no second stock or duplicate full volume.
- Homemade bread: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Normal bread supports Wheat; exact homemade loaf formula unknown. Slices selected over cubes.
- Eggs: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Explicitly poached; final placement not reported.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Portugal
- PortugalCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Alentejo Cuisine
- Mainland Portuguese CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.