At the Table with the Alentejo

Esses de manteiga canelados em forma de S, numa travessa clara sobre uma mesa de madeira, com um biscoito partido a mostrar o interior.

These Cabeção Biscuits: Alentejo Christmas Bisc...

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Butter biscuits shaped into S with a fluted nozzle, in a recipe from Cabeção that the Alentejo Gastronomic Charter associates with Christmas and Carnival.

These Cabeção Biscuits: Alentejo Christmas Bisc...

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Butter biscuits shaped into S with a fluted nozzle, in a recipe from Cabeção that the Alentejo Gastronomic Charter associates with Christmas and Carnival.

Vista aproximada da sopa de frango com pão alentejano embebido no caldo, linguiça e toucinho numa taça clara sobre uma mesa de pedra.

Cuba Country Chicken Soup

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A country-style chicken broth with sausage and bacon, served over Alentejo bread. A recipe from Cuba, featured in the Alentejo Gastronomic Guide, with step-by-step preparation instructions and tips for a...

Cuba Country Chicken Soup

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A country-style chicken broth with sausage and bacon, served over Alentejo bread. A recipe from Cuba, featured in the Alentejo Gastronomic Guide, with step-by-step preparation instructions and tips for a...

Argolas de apressadinhos douradas com açúcar e canela numa taça de barro sobre ardósia, com uma partida a mostrar o interior.

Quick bites from São Bartolomeu da Serra

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Small rings fried in olive oil, eggs and lemon zest, finished with sugar and cinnamon. A recipe from São Bartolomeu da Serra, in Santiago do Cacém, also made at Christmas.

Quick bites from São Bartolomeu da Serra

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Small rings fried in olive oil, eggs and lemon zest, finished with sugar and cinnamon. A recipe from São Bartolomeu da Serra, in Santiago do Cacém, also made at Christmas.

Natércias douradas com açúcar e canela num prato claro, uma aberta a mostrar o interior, sobre uma bancada de madeira azul com pequenas formas metálicas.

Cabeção Natércias: Alentejo Christmas Sweet

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Cabeção natércias are individual milk, egg and butter sweets, baked in small moulds and finished with sugar and cinnamon. The Alentejo Gastronomic Charter associates this recipe with Christmas and Carnival.

Cabeção Natércias: Alentejo Christmas Sweet

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Cabeção natércias are individual milk, egg and butter sweets, baked in small moulds and finished with sugar and cinnamon. The Alentejo Gastronomic Charter associates this recipe with Christmas and Carnival.

Duas pernas de cabrito assadas sobre cebola picada e molho num tabuleiro de barro, com batatas fritas numa taça à parte, sobre uma mesa de madeira.

Roast Kid Goat from Montargil

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In Montargil, roast kid is a traditional Christmas Day dish. The meat is seasoned the day before with garlic and white wine, then roasted on a bed of plenty of...

Roast Kid Goat from Montargil

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In Montargil, roast kid is a traditional Christmas Day dish. The meat is seasoned the day before with garlic and white wine, then roasted on a bed of plenty of...

Quatro peras inteiras de cor rubi, com os pés, numa travessa branca com calda de vinho tinto, sobre uma prateleira rústica de terracota.

Drunken Pears from Mértola

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Pears slowly simmered in red wine and sugar, with a syrup reduced separately. Recipe collected in Amendoeira da Serra, in Mértola, and explained for four people.

Drunken Pears from Mértola

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Pears slowly simmered in red wine and sugar, with a syrup reduced separately. Recipe collected in Amendoeira da Serra, in Mértola, and explained for four people.