Portuguese cuisine
From the Minho to the Algarve, from Madeira to the Azores: the dishes of each region.
See all Portuguese recipes (188)Minho and Porto
Caldo verde, sarrabulho, lamprey, tripe and Porto-style salt cod: hearty, slow-cooked food.
Meat Portugal
PortugalArroz de sarrabulho
Fish and seafood Portugal
PortugalBacalhau à Gomes de Sá
Fish and seafood Portugal
PortugalBacalhau à Narcisa
Fish and seafood Portugal
PortugalBacalhau à Zé do Pipo
Cakes and bread Portugal
PortugalBroa de Avintes
Soups Portugal
PortugalCaldo verde
Meat Portugal
PortugalHomemade francesinha
Fish and seafood Portugal
PortugalLampreia à bordalesa (lamprey in red wine)
Desserts Portugal
PortugalPudim Abade de Priscos
Meat Portugal
PortugalRoast veal with Port wine
Meat Portugal
PortugalTripas à moda do Porto (Porto-style tripe)
Trás-os-Montes
Cured sausages, feijoada and posta mirandesa: bold mountain flavours.
Beiras and Aveiro
Bairrada suckling pig and the egg sweets of Aveiro, Ovar and Tentúgal.
Lisbon, Tagus and the West
Custard tarts, bacalhau à Brás, clams, fried cuttlefish and ginjinha.
Starters and snacks Portugal
PortugalAmêijoas à Bulhão Pato (clams with garlic and coriander)
Fish and seafood Portugal
PortugalBacalhau à Brás
Fish and seafood Portugal
PortugalCaldeirada à fragateiro (fishermen's fish stew)
Starters and snacks Portugal
PortugalChoco frito (fried cuttlefish)
Sauces and drinks Portugal
PortugalHomemade ginjinha
Desserts Portugal
PortugalHomemade pastéis de nata
Cakes and bread Portugal
PortugalPão de Mafra (Mafra bread)
Desserts Portugal
PortugalPastéis de feijão (bean and almond tarts)
Starters and snacks Portugal
PortugalPeixinhos da horta (green bean fritters)
Meat Portugal
PortugalRibatejo-style beef with peppers
Desserts Portugal
PortugalTigelada de Abrantes
Desserts Portugal
PortugalTrouxas de ovos
Alentejo
Açordas, migas, pork and herbs: a cuisine of bread, olive oil and coriander.
Soups Portugal
PortugalAçorda alentejana (bread and garlic soup)
Soups Portugal
PortugalAlentejo-style tomato soup
Meat Portugal
PortugalBifanas à moda de Vendas Novas
Meat Portugal
PortugalCarne de porco à alentejana (pork with clams)
Desserts Portugal
PortugalEncharcada alentejana
Meat Portugal
PortugalEnsopado de borrego (lamb stew on bread)
Soups Portugal
PortugalGaspacho alentejano
Starters and snacks Portugal
PortugalMigas à alentejana
Desserts Portugal
PortugalSericaia alentejana
Soups Portugal
PortugalSopa de cação (dogfish soup)
Algarve
Cataplanas, fish and seafood, and the chicken of Guia.
Madeira
Espetada on bay skewers, bolo do caco, black scabbardfish and poncha.
Cakes and bread Portugal
PortugalBolo de mel da Madeira (Madeira honey cake)
Cakes and bread Portugal
PortugalBolo do caco
Starters and snacks Portugal
PortugalBolo do caco with garlic butter
Cakes and bread Portugal
PortugalBroas de mel (honey cookies)
Meat Portugal
PortugalEspetada madeirense
Starters and snacks Portugal
PortugalLapas grelhadas (grilled limpets with butter)
Starters and snacks Portugal
PortugalMilho frito da Madeira (fried cornmeal)
Fish and seafood Portugal
PortugalPeixe-espada com banana (scabbardfish with banana)
Sauces and drinks Portugal
PortugalPoncha da Madeira
Azores
The stew cooked by volcanic heat in Furnas, and massa sovada sweet bread.