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vegetable (peppers and
tomatoes are especially
flavourful) and ripe, perfumed
fruits including figs, melons,
grapes, greengages, apricots
and citrus fruits. Portuguese
olives and their oil are
omnipresent – the essential
trio of ingredients, key to many
a dish, is olive oil, garlic and
coriander. Both wheat and
maize are grown for bread,
which is often hard and long-
lasting and used to give extra
volume to soups. The nickname
Lisbon’s famed lettuces take pride of place on a vegetable stall alfacinhas for natives of Lisbon
may have a connection with
Fish and Seafood Vegetables and Fruit alface (lettuce) – the city has
With its long Atlantic A visit to Lisbon’s superb food long been famous for an
coastline, it is no surprise market Mercado da Ribeira especially delicious variety.
that Portugal’s fish dishes (Avenida 24 de Julio, Cais do
are unmissable. The range on Sodré) will reveal just how ON THE MENU
sale at any fish market is vast. fertile the inland regions are,
Squid (lula), cuttlefish (choco), with heaps of every kind of Açorda de marisco Thick
sea bass (robalo), gilthead shellfish broth thickened with
bream (dourada), sardines bread and favoured with garlic.
(sardinhas) and shellfish Bacalhau à gomes de sá Salt
such as oysters (ostras) and cod layered with potato and
cockles (ameijoas) are found onion, and garnished with egg
in abundance and often come and olives.
together in the rich, steamed Caldo verde A popular, bright
fish stew cataplana de peixe e green soup made from a type
mariscos. Traditional salt cod of kale.
(bacalhau) is still much in Pastéis de bacalhau Little
evidence, but today river fish salt-cod cakes eaten cold as
are less commonly served – a snack or hot as a main dish.
trout (trutas) is often farmed A national addiction.
and the once-common Queijadas de Sintra Cheese
lamprey (lampreia) may be tarts spiced with cinnamon.
imported. Snails (caracóis) Sardinhas assadas Chargrilled
sometimes appear in dishes, Portuguese custard tarts, pastéis de nata, fresh sardines.
including feijoada. can be found in every bakery window

Caldeirada de peixe, a fish Favas à Portuguesa combines Arroz doce is a delicious
stew, uses a selection of seafood broad (fava) beans with morcela dessert of lemon zest-scented
along with potatoes, tomatoes (blood sausage) and chopped rice pudding topped with
and peppers. pork ribs. a decoration of cinnamon.

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