Caldeirada de peixe is Portugal’s great fisherman’s stew — born on the boats, where the day’s unsold catch went into one pot with onions, tomatoes, peppers and potatoes, layered and simmered until everything melded...
Empadão de atum is the weeknight hero of Portuguese home cooking: canned tuna and vegetables under a blanket of nutmeg-scented mashed potatoes, baked until the top turns golden. Humble ingredients, honest comfort. This version...
Tripas à moda do Porto is more than a stew — it is the dish that gave the people of Porto their nickname, tripeiros. Legend says that in the 15th century, the city donated...
This empada de carne is Portuguese comfort food at its most shameless: a savory filling of ground beef and chorizo under a golden crust of mashed potatoes, striped with a fork and studded with...
Muamba de galinha is Angola’s most famous dish, and one bite explains its reputation: chicken braised in red palm oil with garlic and fiery gindungo chili, sweetened by pumpkin and thickened by okra. Portugal...
Bacalhau gratinado is what happens when salt cod gets the full comfort-food treatment: flaked cod folded with sweet peppers, golden onions and chopped boiled eggs, bound with a little mayonnaise and baked until bronzed...
Peixinhos da horta — “little fish from the garden” — are Portugal’s great culinary joke and one of its proudest exports: green beans in a light batter, fried until they look like small golden...
Pudim Abade de Priscos is the most audacious dessert in the Portuguese canon: a caramel-glazed pudding of fifteen egg yolks, sugar syrup, Port wine — and bacon fat. Invented by the Abbot of Priscos,...
Cozido à portuguesa is less a recipe than a national institution: a grand boiled dinner of beef, chicken, pork, a parade of smoked sausages, and vegetables cooked in the meats’ rich broth. It is...
Salada de atum is the Portuguese pantry at its most efficient: good canned tuna — a national institution, and one of the things Portugal genuinely does better than anyone — with tomatoes, cucumber, chickpeas,...
