Main dishes

Töltött paprika — Hungarian stuffed peppers — is grandmother food in the best sense: sweet peppers filled with seasoned pork...

Lasagna needs no introduction — but this one deserves one anyway. Adding chorizo to the meat sauce changes everything: its...

Poulet basquaise is the pride of the Basque Country — that green, food-obsessed corner where France meets Spain: chicken browned...

Pollo al ajillo is Spain’s beloved garlic chicken: pieces of chicken browned until golden, then simmered with toasted garlic, bay...

Pulpo a la gallega — or pulpo á feira, “fair-style octopus” — is Galicia’s most iconic dish: slices of tender...

Polvo à lagareiro is the octopus sibling of the bacalhau dish of the same name — and many Portuguese would...

Caldeirada de peixe is Portugal’s great fisherman’s stew — born on the boats, where the day’s unsold catch went into...

Empadão de atum is the weeknight hero of Portuguese home cooking: canned tuna and vegetables under a blanket of nutmeg-scented...

Tripas à moda do Porto is more than a stew — it is the dish that gave the people of...

This empada de carne is Portuguese comfort food at its most shameless: a savory filling of ground beef and chorizo...