Portuguese cuisine is flavorful and varied, highlighting fresh products from the sea, meats, and vegetables, often enhanced with spices and aromatic herbs. The bacalhau (salted cod) is one of the key ingredients in Portuguese cuisine, prepared in many ways, such as in bacalhau à brás (cod with eggs, fried potatoes, and onions) or bacalhau com natas (cod with cream).
Seafood plays a significant role, with dishes like amêijoas à bulhão pato (clams with garlic and cilantro) or caldeirada (fish and seafood stew). Pork is also widely consumed, especially in dishes like leitão (roast suckling pig) or arroz de pato (duck rice).
Soups are essential in Portuguese daily life, particularly sopa de caldo verde, a soup made with kale, potatoes, and chorizo. For dessert, the pastel de nata (flan in puff pastry) is the most famous, but toucinho do céu (almond and sugar cake) and queijadas (small cheese cakes) are also popular.
Portuguese cuisine is characterized by simple yet intense flavors, where the quality of local ingredients, such as olive oil and wine (especially porto), plays a central role.
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