Cuisine

Is there anything better than enjoying a tasty «bacalhau» with a nice glass of wine while completely merging in with the melancholic melodies of the Fado?
Fish and seafood play an important role in the Portuguese cuisine. Along with it vegetables, rice and potatoes are served. The national dish is considered to be the salted and dried bacalhau. There are countless recipes for the codfish and it is also a traditional Christmas dish. The popularity of this fish goes back to the Portuguese sailors who could only subsist on cured food during their long cruise so that the dried fish had become indispensable. You can buy the bacalhau in every fish store and every market in Portugal.
Many sailors also brought spices and recipes with them, which then found their way into the typical recipes of the country. These influences also mixed with the culinary influences of the Moors who dominated the country for a long time. So the Portuguese cuisine is a mixture of different local, regional and national influences, which reveal an astonishing diversity in flavours.
Wine is grown successfully for many centuries in many places. The port wine is the most famous wine and is also popular outside Portugal. This dessert wine can be combined perfectly with one of the many desserts made from egg yolk, almonds and sugar, which are very popular in the country.