Tag
Seasonal
Encyclopedia(5)
dish
Enguias de Aveiro
Eels from the Aveiro lagoon, a prized seasonal delicacy prepared in rich stews and caldeiradas.
dish
Gaspacho Alentejano
A chilled bread and tomato soup from the Alentejo — Portugal's answer to gazpacho, served ice-cold in summer.
ingredient
Lampreia
A prized seasonal delicacy from the Minho, where this ancient jawless fish is prepared in a rich rice dish cooked in its own blood.
ingredient
Níscalos
Prized wild saffron milk cap mushrooms foraged in the pine and oak forests of the Beiras.
ingredient
Nozes
Portuguese walnuts harvested in autumn from the ancient trees of Trás-os-Montes, used in sweets, stuffings, and liqueurs.