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Gastronomy
For people with such an historical rich past, which is the case of the "Sintrenses", the gastronomic aspects acquire strong traditional values that are important to preserve and promote. Varied and abundant, the cookery of the region is truly appealing.
From all the meat plates, it’s important to point out the "Leitão de Negrais" and the “Carne de Porco às Mercês”. Also abundant are the fish dishes, shell fishes and molluscs. Therefore it’s possible to eat a tasteful “robalo” or sea-bream, delight yourself with an octopus and taste mussels. In the confectionary the highlight goes inevitably to the "Queijadas de Sintra", ancestral sweet that comes from the middle ages. But there are also other, that deserve to be tasted. “Travesseiros”, “Pastéis de Pena”, “Nozes de Colares”, ”Fofos de Belas” and a number of traditional jams are made following very old methods.
Along with any meal, its indispensable to taste the “Colares” wine, namely its famous “Ramisco”, one of the first casts from the glorious Portuguese wine list.
As for the gastronomy, the region of Sintra is indeed very rich and the most well known are:
Meat plates: Carne de porco às Mercês (Mercês Pork meat); Leitão dos Negrais; Vitela à Sintrense (Sintrense Viel); Cabrito assado.
Fish plates: Caldeirada de abrótea e caboz; Migas à Pescador; Escalada de Lapas;Mexilhões na chapa; Mexilhões de cebolada; Açorda de bacalhau.
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