PORTUGUESE
GASTRONOMY
• The Portuguese gastronomy is influenced by the Mediterranean diet
(all types of meat; fish; fruit; vegetables; cereals; olive oil; wine)
• 5 meals a day
Breakfast
Lunch
Snack
Dinner
Supper
Soups
Caldo verde (Green soup)
Sopa da Pedra (Stone soup)
Main dishes
Bacalhau (codfish)
Bolinhos de bacalhau (codfish pastries)
Sardinha assada (grilled sardines)
Caldeirada (fish stew)
Arroz de marisco (shelfish rice)
Camarão/ gambas (shrimps / prawns)
Rojões (fried pork meat)
Carne de porco à Alentejana (Alentejana
pork meat with clams and chestnuts)
Cozido à Portuguesa (varied boiled
meat and vegetables)
Alheira (poultry sausage)
Desserts
Natas (custard pastry)
Bolo-rei (King´s cake)
Arroz doce (sweet rice)
Pastéis de Tentugal
Wine
Minho (Vinho verde wine)
Douro (Porto wine region)
Bom apetite!