Portuguese Grub

Okay so this is the part of the blog where I’ll be taking pictures of what I eat in Portugal so that future ERASMUS students will know what to expect. =)

Cozido e sopa com maca

The first meal I had in Benavente was my Nan's Cozido and sopa. This is boiled meat, potatoes, linguica, farinheira and vegetables. It's very healthy and great with a pap-seco (Portuguese bread roll). The soup has pasta in it. Don't panic. It's normal and very filling.

Chicken (fricken awesome) Frikasé, rice, pap-seco and figs

I'm not sure if this food is particularly 'Portuguese' but I thought I'd take a picture anyway. =) It's chicken frisasé with rice a pap-seco and figs. The chicken will normally come with bones as will the fish if you go to a Portuguese restaurant so if you're not used to deciphering from meat and bone perhaps you should have a little practice before you go or eat steak =). The sauce is made from egg yolk, lemon juice and parsley and tastes awesome! Honestly the picture doesn't do it justice. The figs here are really sweet too. Actually all the fruit here tastes better (apart form the apples). So, if you do come then try a pesego (peach). It rocks.

Oven baked salmon, with carrots and a mountain of spuds.

This is a very healthy dish and food done in the oven all together like this is very popular in Portugal. Partly because it's easy coz you just have to leave it. Although from my experiences with ovens here they have 2 settings. Off and Charcoal. So it goes without saying - keep an eye on your food! I tried making a cake in an oven that only knows 250 degrees. Bad move. It was like a London smog in the kitchen and no cake which is very sad. So the second time that I tried, I turned the oven on for 10 mins... then off... then on... TEDIOUS! But that oven wasn't gonna beat me and I got cake. So Crissy 1, Oven 1. For now.

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