Bacalhau com broa – Portuguese Codfish with cornbread: recipe
Bread is an essential ingredient in the Portuguese food tradition. As such, we couldn’t help it but develop some dishes that blend our staple bread and our much beloved salted cod, bacalhau. There are several recipes featuring bread and cod: bacalhau à brás, açorda de bacalhau, tiborna de bacalhau, or the lovely gratin bacalhau espiritual….
February 19, 2021
Açorda de camarão – recipe
The word açorda in Portuguese may stand for slightly different dishes, but always involving old bread. While açorda alentejana refers to an aromatic stock poured over bread slices, açorda by itself stands for a savory mashed bread concoction with a porridge-like consistency. Açorda, most typical from southern Portugal, is an edible example of how the…
February 19, 2021
Bread pudding with Port wine – recipe
When it comes to sweets, several countries use old bread to make their version of French Toast (in Portugal, those are called rabanadas) or bread pudding. You may not think bread pudding is Portuguese as such, but what if we were talking about a decadent pudding moistened by the powers of Port wine? We can…
February 19, 2021
LISBON AND ITS SUSTAINABLE WAY OF LIVING
Lisbon is one of the oldest cities in Europe, constantly evolving and resilient to changes. The city is conscious of the ecological footprint, making sustainable choices on the path to a thriving future. Lisbon, like many other big cities in the world, has tons of waste to deal with. On the other hand, it is…
January 25, 2021