Category Archives: Portuguese Food and Drink

10 Traditional Portuguese Recipes

Caldo Verde Portuguese Green Soup with chouriço

Pasteis de Nata Those gorgeous custard tarts that are a Portuguese delight! Delicious Days has a good article as well as a well received recipe

Bacalhãu á Gomes de Sá A casserole of cod (bacalhau) and potatoes and onions

Feijoada A meat and bean stew

Portuguese Sweet Bread Pão Doce. As it says, a lovely light sweet bread that’s great for breakfast

Cozido   Portuguesa – Portuguese Stew A meat and vegetable stew

Bacalhau  Brás - Cod with scambled eggs Salt cod )Bacalhau) is the most popluar of all foods in Portugal. It is said that there are as many ways to cook it as days in the year. It is often eaten at Christmas as well as throughout the year. This is a nice simple hearty recipe.

Arroz Doce Portuguese rice pudding – literally ‘sweet rice’

Piri-Piri Hot chili sauce – way too hot for me but the Portuguese have adopted it as a national favourite from Africa

Pão de-Ló Portuguese sponge cake – this recipe is perfect.

Some other useful sites

Gils Portuguese Recipes

Portuguese recipes

Leite’s Culinaria

Mary’s Portugeuse Sweetbread If you are in the US you can order her famous bread online

Ana Taveira’s Azores Traditional Recipes

Vegetarian in Lisbon – MegaVega Review

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If you’re a strict vegetarian or vegan you might find that Lisbon is not one of the easiest places to eat out. Most menu’s are full of the nations favourites which means lots of fish and meat. However, over the past few years, several establishments have opened which means you’ll far from starve.

As my travelling companion was vegan I made a list of places we could potentially go for food, one of which was MegaVega.

Finding it was the first hurdle, tucked away of Rua dos Sapateiros we managed to walk past it twice before finally the wind blew in the right direct and we smelt food.

Inside the decor is quite sparse – minimalist I guess would be the best term to use. There’s bright pictures of healthy food and a variety of menu’s over the main counter. Everywhere is extremely clean. At first glance I wasn’t too sure how it all worked but it turned out that there are a variety of set options at a range of prices. The food is laid out under glass right along the counter like a buffet.

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An Introduction to Portuguese Table Wines

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Catevino is a site all about Iberian table wines and I have just spotted a good article which explores the finer points of Portuguese wines specifically. It covers the history of Portuguese wine-making and also some tips to spot the best bottles.

Take a look here