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Green olive tapenade

OK, so tapenade isn’t exactly Portuguese, but this salty, fishy dip is great for Christmas time and in a place with plentiful tasty olives, it seemed a shame not to make it. What you need: 250g pitted green olives 25g…

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Portugese / Moroccan Style Carrots

When you sit down in most restaurants in Portugal, you are presented with some bread and a selection of things to nibble on – this can range from some sardine or cheese spread and a few olives, to cheese and…

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soups

Caldo Verde (and crispy seaweed)

It probably seems strange that one of the things I most looked forward to trying in Portugal was cabbage soup, but the description in the “Food of Spain and Portugal” by Elisabeth Luard was so vivid and appetising it was right…

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sauces

Piri-Piri Sauce

Where better for me to start than with the most internationally well-known Portuguese ingredient: Piri-Piri sauce. Although this sauce is available in all manner of differently branded little bottles, it seemed only right that having moved here, we learned to make our…

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