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Açorda

Soups and Broths

Açorda is a traditional Portuguese dish of cubed or sliced stale bread combined with garlic, cilantro and poached eggs, forming a type of bread soup, though some variants have a consistency closer to porridge. The Alentejo version, açorda à Alentejana, is considered a classic of that region's cuisine. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Course
Soup 1
Origin Region
Alentejo, Portugal 1
Connections

Expresses Tradition

Bread Baking, Food Traditions
Source Açorda (Wikipedia)

In Cuisine

Portuguese Cuisine, Cuisines
Source Açorda (Wikipedia)

Uses Ingredient

Bread, Ingredients
Source Açorda (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Portugal, originated there.
Sources
1. Açorda (Wikipedia)
  • History section, first paragraph
    The dish's origins are as a poverty food, intended to prevent waste by using leftover bread
  • entity record, SubLabel (course)
    SubLabel: Soups and Broths
  • Uses Ingredient: Bread, Infobox main_ingredient field: Bread, eggs, garlic, cilantro
View the Source
Açorda (Wikipedia)
Expresses Tradition: Bread Baking, Wikipedia category: Category:Portuguese breadsView the Source
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