Cooking that Tastes of the Hills
In São Brás de Alportel the local cooking is marked be the perfume of fresh herbs
picked in the hills, whether it be the oregano used in gazpacho or the pennyroyal
in the thick bread soup known as "açorda".
In the hunting season the rich,
game flavours of wild rabbit in wine are not to be missed.
Kid with peas,
chicken fried with garlic, eggs with tomato and chickpeas with eggs are all a
familiar sight on dinner tables in country kitchens.
São Brás
de Alportel is known for its almond confectionery which is especially popular
at Easter time.
Also much appreciated is the spirit slowly distilled from
the fruit of the arbutus-berry trees that grow in the hills, which is also used
to make excellent herbal liqueurs.