This regional specialty is very much appreciated by locals and tourists who visit the island. It can be found in almost every restaurant all over the island. Ingredients: 1.5kg boned pork shoulder/pork neck with a bit of fat 1 bottle dry white wine 2 cups wine vinegar 2 cups cider vinegar […]
Ingredients: Apple juice Sugar Lemon (zest) Preparation: This beverage is made of juice from apples squashed by wooden fulling-mills. Fermentation takes place in wooden barrels. Cider is a very popular beverage in the parishes of Camacha, Santo da Serra and Ponta de Pargo. Fresh and with a pleasant taste, it can […]
Poncha is one of the most appreciated drinks in Madeira Island, and thus, the most famous drink in Câmara de LObos municipality. It is made with sugar cane spirit, sugar syrup and a fresh lemon juice. This drink can be consumed either cold or hot. Ingredients: Rum Honey Lemon Sugar Water […]
One of the most famous and appreciated specialties in Madeira Island is the famous bolo do caco. The bolo do caco is a typical Madeiran bread made of wheat powder, so named because it is backed on a piece of broken tile, placed on the incandescent fire. This specialty is typically seen on popular festivities. […]
Caldeirada is a typical Portuguese stew, very much appreciated in the Archipelago of Madeira. This delicious specialty consists of a large variety of fish, with tomato, potatoes and onion. Sometimes, instead of fish, it can also be with shellfish.
Grilled Limpets are a great choice for starting a nice meal. This typical specialty is served with much garlic and a slice of lemon squeezed over it. It comes in a hot pan directly from the grill. This is an amazing Madeiran specialty.
It`s a famous liquor which is specially consumed in Christmas. To prepare this liquor we join the wine, currant minced, cinnamon, black tea, water and sugar. We less boil during 15 to 20 minutes and after that we less it cool. Then we put this mix into a flagon with the vanilla fruits, the vanilla […]
The join bear with the brandy makes this marvelous liqueur. This liqueur needs a days to rest after is confection so we can drink. Ingredients: 1l bear; 1l brandy; 1kg sugar The confection of this liqueur begins with joining the bear with the sugar and we take this to the flame to boil. After cold […]
The honey that it`s produced by the sugarcane it`s present in many typical specialties in this Madeira Island. The Broas de Mel are one of those specialties. Are consumed all the year but specially in Christmas to join with the traditional liqueur. To do this recipe it`s necessary: 1 kg flour; 500g sugar; 250g butter; […]
Grilled Limpets are a great choice for starting a nice meal. This typical specialty is served with much garlic and a slice of lemon squeezed over it. It comes in a hot pan directly from the grill. This is an amazing Madeiran specialty.
Carne de Vinho e Alhos (Pork spiced with wine and garlic) is a typical specialty of Madeira Island. This delicious meat dish consists of small pieces of pork meat left to marinate at least for a day in a mix of garlic wine vinegae and bay leaf, before it is cooked in the same sauce. […]
The Black Scabbard is calculated to reside between 800 to 1200 meters below sea level, in the Archipelago of Madeira. In the XIX and XX centuries, this fish was considered unique to Madeira Island. However, the civil parish of Câmara de Lobos seems to be the only place where this fish is caught at sustainable […]
Queijadas are one the most delicious sweets of Madeira island. It is also one of the best and well-known among locals and tourists. This Madeiran specialty is made of requeijão (is a milk-derived product), eggs and sugar. If you have a sweet tooth, you definetely have to try this regional sweet.
One of the most outstanding features of Porto da Cruz is definitely its wine, known as “vinho seco americano”. This dry red wine is made of a type of grape called “americana”. There is an annual event in this civil parish, held in September, which celebrates this local product.
One of the most appreciated fish dishes in the Archipelago of Madeira is the Black Scabbard Fish with fried banana. This is a typical gastronomic specialty in Madeira Island. This dish can be found in many restaurants all over the island. Ingredients: 4 scabbard fillets salt fresh ground pepper several cloves of garlic lemon […]
Grilled Limpets are a great choice for starting a nice meal. This typical specialty is served with much garlic and a slice of lemon squeezed over it. It comes in a hot pan directly from the grill. This is an amazing Madeiran specialty.
One of the most unique and appreciated dishes is the tuna steak. To follow up this tasty dish, it is suggested the Corn Baked or Fried Corn Bread with Homemade Sweet Potato Cake and salad.
The Arco de São Jorge parish is one of the places in Madeira Island here has the best’s limpets. When the sea permit, the rocks near the Arco de São Jorge sea shoes the quantity of limpets that this rocks have. Every more, the residents in the island like to chase limpets and snack this […]
The Madeira Island has lots of riversides here grow delicious watercress that make possible the famous Watercress Soup. Arco de São Jorge parish it`s one of the places in Madeira that is known by the famous watercress soup here the watercress grows in their riversides that gives the special taste in the soup. It`s a […]
Arco de São Jorge parish has a very own dessert known as Pumpkin Pudding. This relic in Madeira gastronomy is, increasingly, present in the restaurants of the island because people want to preserve this delight. Ingredients: 2 cups (tea) of cooked pumpkin 1 can sweetened condensed milk 2 cups (tea) of milk 1/2 cups (tea) […]
