Five Portuguese recipes with funny names Besides the sun, Cristiano Ronaldo and Port wine, Portugal also offers a huge and diverse gastronomy. Get to know five traditional recipes with a curious funny name. Top five traditional Portuguese recipes with a funny name Garden fishes (“Peixinhos da Horta”) The name may get you fooled, but this […]

The origin of egg tarts A brief story on the origin of egg tarts, and how they came to be so popular around the world Ever wondered who created this small pastry that has taken the world by storm, from the West to the East and back? On this post we are going to spill […]

Most used seasonings in Portuguese cuisine 7 most used seasonings on traditional Portuguese food Portuguese food tends to use a small amount of seasonings, usually only added to enhance the natural flavor and high quality of the ingredients used. These spices and herbs, present at every Portuguese kitchen are also a testimony to Portuguese history […]

Codfish dishes, a local’s top picks! Portugal most beloved fish, here are our top picks for codfish dishes This combination of flavors comes as natural as rice and beans for we Portuguese. After a lot of tasting and a very hard and thorough research we narrowed down to our three favorite recipes. Codfish dishes, our […]

Peri Peri, the globetrotter chili pepper! The chili pepper that completely transformed kitchens worldwide. Peri-peri (/ˌpɪri ˈpɪri/ PIRR-ee-PIRR-ee, or Piri Piri as we call it in Portuguese, is a cultivar of Capsicum frutescens. Do not be mistaken, because not all peppers from the Capsicum family are spicy hot, the bell peppers you use in your […]

Maranho, a Portuguese delicacy for adventurous stomachs! Certainly not for everyone, this dish is a staple of Portuguese regional gastronomy. It started has a dish only served in special events or occasions, like weddings or villages celebrations. Traditionally was an ingredient added to the Portuguese stew, but now a days has become a staple on […]

The best Portuguese egg tart (Pastel de Nata) in Lisbon and where to get them A traditional pastry that is conquering the world The Portuguese egg tart, or Pastel de Nata, as it is called in Portuguese (Nata meaning cream), was up until recent years, a very low-profile pastry in the world of sweets. Being […]

In Portugal, although there are remnants of the presence of the olive tree from the Bronze Age, it would have been the Romans and later the Visigoths and Arabs that contributed mostly to the development of its cultivation. The philosopher, historian and geographer Strabo mentions exportation to Rome of the magnificent olive oil from the […]