Portuguese Style

There’s more to Portuguese cuisine than custard tarts (pastéis de nata). Portuguese cooking has its roots in basic daily food incorporating exotic ingredients that the Portuguese seafarers brought back to their homeland centuries ago. The result is a flavoursome blend of bread, rice, olive oil, spices, cheese, pastries, sausages and seafood. Portuguese dishes typically feature few ingredients and strong flavours, so bring the earthy fire of Portugal into your home with these dishes: Cataplana-Style Seafood Stew; Fish with Sweet Paprika; Slow-Cooked Portuguese Chicken Tray-Bake; Scorched Nut & Chilli Chocolate Pizza; Peri Peri Cauliflower; Citrus, Rosemary & Olive Oil Cake; and Mulled Apple & Berry Cider.

Mulled Apple & Berry Cider

Recipe / Lee Holmes

Move over mulled wine, this warm apple and berry cider will heat up your heart like no other. In Portugal, mulled wine is a favourite when the temperature drops. But for a healthier version, this mulled cider takes apple cider to the next level.

Serves: 4

500mL apple juice
1 cup mixed berries
6 cloves
2 cardamom pods, crushed
1 tbsp rice-malt syrup
2 cinnamon sticks
Good pinch freshly grated nutmeg, to serve

Pour apple juice into small saucepan.

Add remaining ingredients except nutmeg, and warm gently over low heat, stirring frequently. Serve sprinkled with nutmeg.

Note: The cider can be strained before serving if you prefer.

Slow-Cooked Portuguese Chicken Tray Bake

Recipe / Alexx Stuart

The flavours are always exaggerated in Portuguese cooking, where in French and