Food is an important part of Christmas traditions in Portugal.
There is a wide variety of Christmas dishes that can be found on Portuguese dinner tables during Christmas time. As most of them have their origin in the Mediterranean diet, olive oil, fish, potatoes and vegetables are their most important ingredients.
The night of the 24th December is an important time in the Christmas calendar. On Christmas Eve, or “Consoada”, the Portuguese have salted cod fish for dinner. Its preparation starts the day before Christmas Eve when the cod is steeped in water for 24 hours to remove most of the salt. It is then cooked in a large pan of water with vegetables, potatoes and eggs.
On Christmas Day many different dishes are eaten including turkey, pork, kid, and lamb.
Cakes and sweets are also a major part of the Christmas dinner. “Bolo rei” or king cake, "Mexidos" and “Rabanadas” are some of the favourite ones.
To show you some of these typical dishes, our Comenius students have prepared a “Christmas dinner”.
Here are the pictures, the recipes ("Mexidos" and "Bacalhau Cozido") and the results of the meal evaluation.
Happy Christmas!!
There is a wide variety of Christmas dishes that can be found on Portuguese dinner tables during Christmas time. As most of them have their origin in the Mediterranean diet, olive oil, fish, potatoes and vegetables are their most important ingredients.
The night of the 24th December is an important time in the Christmas calendar. On Christmas Eve, or “Consoada”, the Portuguese have salted cod fish for dinner. Its preparation starts the day before Christmas Eve when the cod is steeped in water for 24 hours to remove most of the salt. It is then cooked in a large pan of water with vegetables, potatoes and eggs.
On Christmas Day many different dishes are eaten including turkey, pork, kid, and lamb.
Cakes and sweets are also a major part of the Christmas dinner. “Bolo rei” or king cake, "Mexidos" and “Rabanadas” are some of the favourite ones.
To show you some of these typical dishes, our Comenius students have prepared a “Christmas dinner”.
Here are the pictures, the recipes ("Mexidos" and "Bacalhau Cozido") and the results of the meal evaluation.
Happy Christmas!!
