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The Culinary Pleasures of Silves
In places near to the sea, fresh fish is understandably the star attraction at the dinner table. Sardines, horse mackerel, sea bream, snook and many other types of fish are caught and served grilled with a slice of lemon - delicious!
Sea food, including lobster, shrimp and clams, is also abundant. And for those who want to try traditional fishermen's recipes there is Aunt Chica-style fish stew, sardines dipped in flour and fried and baby horse mackerel with lime.
Further inland the cooking takes on a different slant. Corn mush, orange juice and pork are among the ingredients favoured in the area known as the "Barrocal" and the hills of the Serra Beyond.

As for sweets and puddings, Silves is well known for its "morgados", which are decorated with leaves and flowers made of sugar, and its "lesmas", which are filled with a sweet eggy paste, while in Messines "folhados" are also a speciality.
To round off a meal, nothing beats the oranges, tangerines, pomegranates, figs and grapes grown in the fertile soil that cover much of Silves municipality, followed by a generous measure of the arbutus-berry brandy distilled in the villages of the hills.
The local bees make honey from wild rosemary and the honey is not to be missed!

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