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The 10 best dishes in Portugal

Salt cod, grilled fish, and pastries made with an astonishing number of egg yolks.

1

Pastel de nata

Best: Lisbon

A custard tart with a blistered top in shatteringly crisp pastry, dusted with cinnamon.

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2

Bacalhau à Brás

Best: Lisbon

Shredded salt cod scrambled with matchstick potatoes, egg and black olives.

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3

Francesinha

Best: Porto

A layered meat sandwich drowned in melted cheese and a beer-tomato sauce.

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4

Sardinhas assadas

Best: Lisbon

Fat June sardines grilled over charcoal and eaten on bread.

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5

Caldo verde

Best: Minho

Potato and shredded kale soup with a slice of chouriço.

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6

Polvo à lagareiro

Best: Lisbon

Roasted octopus drenched in olive oil and garlic with punched potatoes.

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7

Bifana

Best: Lisbon

Thin pork cutlets marinated in garlic and wine, stewed and stuffed in a soft roll.

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8

Arroz de marisco

Best: The coast

Soupy seafood rice, loose and brothy, never dry.

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9

Cataplana

Best: Algarve

Shellfish and pork cooked in a hinged copper clam pan.

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10

Leitão da Bairrada

Best: Bairrada

Suckling pig roasted with pepper and garlic until the skin crackles.

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