Portugal's capital city of Lisbon is bursting with exciting local dishes and produce, so learn to eat like a local with Good Food's guide to the top 10 must-try plates. Make sure you get your fill of gooey cheeses and delicate cinnamon-spiced cakes. Discover even more foodie getaways, top 10 guides and essential travel info in our travel hub. Plus, check out our top 10 travel destinations for The alheira is usually made from chicken or game mixed with bread and fat and has a slightly vinegary, smokey taste.
At home, we grill or bake them. In a restaurant, they are usually deep fried and served with lovely home made chips with a fried egg popped on top β a good budget-friendly filling meal. Even scrambled egg gets several treatments and isn't limited to just breakfast. Farinheira is a smoked sausage made with flour, pork fat, paprika and white wine. Scrambled eggs with Farinheira is, on one hand, a delicious starter, and on the other, a gentle introduction to the farinheira, which is one of the sausages that needs to be eaten in small quantities.
Try our super simple microwave scrambled eggs to enjoy alongside your farinheira. The Portuguese are crazy about cheese. Most cheeses are small bundles of sheep, cow or goat cheese, ranging from dry and extremely salty to buttery and stinky. Eat them with the wonderful jams such as pumpkin, tomato and fig that they are typically served with. Try one of our homemade chutneys alongside your cheese selection. We have a great selection of sandwich recipes like our chimichurri-style steak sarnies.
You can buy it freshly sliced in good delicatessens where they will have different hams made from different kinds of pig, acorn or chestnut fed, with different ages β some are cured for as much as three years.
If you just want cheese, ask for a tosta de queijo. Either is good, oozing stringy cheese and dripping with butter. Check out our collection of cheese toastie recipes for inspiration on how to spice up this staple. Tiny horse mackerel. They are floured and deep fried until crunchy. In a tasca, they will be served with red bean rice or tomato rice. Discover the best ways to serve mackerel with our mackerel recipes. Much of Portuguese cookery comes from rural villages, where every ingredient had to be used to its fullest.
