Madeiran gastronomy has a wide range of soups. This is an important dish, as they are a meal in themselves.

The most popular soups are “sopa de couve” (cabbage soup), “sopa de agrião” (watercress soup), “sopa do campo” (Madeiran country soup) “sopa de tomate e cebola” (tomato and onion soup), “sopa da pedra”, “canja de galinha” (chiken soup), “caldo verde” and açorda.