Portuguese

Considered Portugal’s national dish, caldo verde, or green soup, is a homey dish of potatoes, kale sliced whisker thin, and smoky pork sausage.

• (29)
• 25 M
• 1 H, 5 M
• 99

A traditional bread that’s heavily punctuated with Portuguese loveliness, including chouriço, presunto, and sheep’s milk cheese. Practically a meal unto itself. And a damn satiating one at that.

• Quick Glance
• 45 M
• 3 H, 10 M
• 8

For this dip, green olives are stirred into an eggless ‘mayonnaise’ made with milk, oil, anchovies, garlic, and white pepper. A tasty Portuguese olive dip.

• (3)
• 5 M
• 5 M
• 53

Not Portuguese? Not a problem. It won’t lessen your appreciation for these little lovelies with the shatteringly crisp pastry cradling ridiculously creamy custard.

• (100)
• 1 H
• 2 H, 30 M
• 735

This classic Portuguese dessert with its tender crumb and citrus smack tastes as stunning as it looks. Swear.

• (64)
• 20 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 443

This sautéed onions, chestnuts, and bacon recipe is a salty, caramel-y, and unexpectedly ideal-y mashup of ingredients as a Thanksgiving side dish.

• (2)
• 25 M
• 30 M
• 13

A Portuguese classic, these diminutive shrimp turnovers boast a filling that’s creamy and comforting yet made interesting with a little heat. All tidily packaged in fried dough.

• (4)
• 2 H
• 2 H
• 19

Marcel Proust had his madeleine. David Leite has his Portuguese salt cod, potato, and egg casserole.

• (1)
• 1 H
• 2 H, 10 M
• 6

David explains how to make classic Portuguese papo secos, the stuff of everyday eating, that essentially look like cherubic little baby buns and have a taste that’s also divine.

• (8)
• 1 H
• 4 H
• 35

In the pantheon of great Portuguese foods, there are few sandwiches that are more superlative than the bifana. Essentially pork, bread, and sauce, it’s comfort food at its simplest.

• (2)
• 25 M
• 2 H
• 8