Portuguese cuisine comprises the traditions and practices of cooking in Portugal, with documented roots reaching back to a sixteenth century manuscript, the Livro de Cozinha da Infanta Dona Maria, and reflecting Atlantic and Celtic influences alongside French and Mediterranean elements. Portugal's Age of Discovery and its spice trade profoundly shaped the cuisine, introducing seasonings gathered from Asia, Africa and the Americas, among them piri piri peppers, saffron, paprika, cinnamon and nutmeg, into both savory and sweet dishes. The cooking favors simplicity and fresh, local ingredients, relies on olive oil as its foundational fat, and uses garlic, onion and herbs such as parsley, oregano and thyme throughout. Seafood is central, above all dried salted cod known as bacalhau, alongside pork, beef and poultry, rice, potatoes and breads such as broa, and signature dishes include caldo verde, a kale soup, cozido a portuguesa, a mixed meat stew, and pastel de nata, a custard tart.
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Signature TechniqueSourced to the subject's own accountFish is grilled, boiled, fried or stewed, the stew style known as caldeirada, often cooked in a clay pot; Portugal has one of Europe's highest per capita fish consumption rates. 1 Origin RegionSourced to the subject's own accountPortugal, on the western Iberian Peninsula in Atlantic Europe. 1 Connections
Expresses Tradition
Source On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the KitchenHarold McGee
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Uses Ingredient
Source Larousse Gastronomique
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WikipediaIntroduction
Portuguese cuisine (Portuguese: Cozinha portuguesa) consists of the traditions and practices of cooking in Portugal.
Fish and seafood
Fish is served grilled, boiled (including poached and simmered), fried or deep-fried, stewed known as caldeirada (often in clay pot cooking), roasted, or even steamed.
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Larousse Gastronomique
Hamlyn, 2009- Uses Ingredient: Cod, entry: Cod
- Uses Ingredient: Olive Oil, entry: Olive Oil
On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
Harold McGee, Scribner, 2004Expresses Tradition: Salt Curing, Smoking and Drying
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Tripas à moda do Porto (Wikipedia)
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Polvo à lagareiro (Wikipedia)
Amêijoas à Bulhão Pato (Wikipedia)
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Grilled limpets (Wikipedia)
Bacalhau à Zé do Pipo (Wikipedia)
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Francesinha - Wikipedia
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Francesinha (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɐ̃sɨˈziɲɐ], meaning little French girl or little French woman) is a Portuguese sandwich, originally from Porto, made with layers of toasted bread and assorted hot meats such as roast, steak, wet-cured ham, linguiça, or chipolata, over which sliced cheese is melted by the ladling of a near-boiling tomato-and-beer sauce called molho de fr
Canja de galinha (Wikipedia)
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Canja de galinha (European Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐ̃ʒɐ ðɨ ɣɐˈlĩɲɐ], Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐ̃ʒɐ dʒi gaˈlĩj̃ɐ], (literally "chicken congee"), or simply canja, is a popular chicken soup of Portuguese, Cape Verdean, and Brazilian cuisine.
Bacalhau com natas (Wikipedia)
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Bacalhau com natas (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɐ.kɐˈʎaw kõ ˈna.tɐʃ], meaning "cod with double cream") is a popular way of cooking salted cod (bacalhau) in Portugal.
Bacalhau a Bras (Wikipedia)
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Bacalhau à Brás (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɐkɐˈʎaw a ˈβɾaʃ], meaning "salt cod in the style of Brás") is a Portuguese dish made from shreds of salted cod (bacalhau), onions and thinly chopped (matchstick-sized) fried potatoes, all bound with eggs.
Bolinhos de bacalhau (Wikipedia)
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Bolinhos de bacalhau (Portuguese: [buˈlĩɲuʒ ðɨ βɐkɐˈʎaw], lit. 'codfish cakes') or pastéis de bacalhau (Portuguese: [pɐʃˈtɛjʒ ðɨ βɐkɐˈʎaw], lit. 'codfish pastries') are a traditional Portuguese dish, typically made from a mixture of potatoes, codfish, eggs, parsley, onion and sometimes a hint of nutmeg.
Chocolate salami (Wikipedia)
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Chocolate salami is an Italian and Portuguese dessert made with cocoa, chocolate, broken biscuits, butter and sometimes alcohol such as port wine or rum.
Aletria (Wikipedia)
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Aletria is a custardy Portuguese dessert based on vermicelli (aletria).
Baba de camelo (Wikipedia)
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Baba de camelo (literally camel slobber) is a typical Portuguese dessert made with condensed milk and eggs with almond or cookie toppings.
Ovos moles (Wikipedia)
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Ovos moles de Aveiro (literally, "soft eggs from Aveiro"), sometimes written as ovos-moles de Aveiro-are a local pastry delicacy from Aveiro District, Portugal, made of egg yolks and sugar, and sometimes chocolate.
Bacalhau a Gomes de Sa (Wikipedia)
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Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɐ.kɐˈʎaw a ˈɡomɨʃ dɨ ˈsa], meaning "Bacalhau à la Gomes de Sá") is a common codfish (bacalhau) dish in Portugal, typical of the city of Porto.
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