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If You Can Identify 80% Of These Portuguese Foods, You’re Officially a Portuguese Cuisine Master

Close your eyes and imagine: warm morning light hitting a just-baked pastel de nata, the smoky scent of sardines on the grill in Lisbon, a bowl of cataplana releasing clouds of seafood steam, the first spicy-sweet bite of piri-piri chicken… Portuguese food isn’t just delicious; it’s pure emotion. Now open your eyes. I’ve collected 40 of our most iconic (and sneakily tricky) dishes in beautiful photos. All you have to do is name them. Get 32 or more correct (80%+) and you’ll earn the extremely rare title of Portuguese Cuisine Master—something even many Portuguese people don’t achieve. Think you’ve got what it takes? Come fall in love with our food… and maybe brag a little.

1 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Caldo verde (green soup)

Sopa de pedra (stone soup)

Sopa alentejana (garlic bread soup)

Açorda alentejana (bread soup)

2 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dessert?

Fatias douradas (golden slices)

Torradas (toast)

Rabanadas (fried soaked bread)

Tiborna (bread in oil)

3 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dessert?

Bolo rainha (queen cake)

Bolo rei (king cake)

Pão de ló (sponge cake)

Broa de mel (honey bread)

4 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Secretos (pork shoulder secrets)

Nacos (pork chunks)

Entrecosto (ribs)

Plumas de porco preto (black pig feather steak)

5 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dessert?

Farturas (churros)

Filhós (fritters)

Sonhos (dreams)

Rabanadas (Portuguese French toast)

6 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Arroz de cabidela (blood rice)

Arroz de marisco (seafood rice)

Arroz de pato (duck rice)

Arroz de forno (baked rice)

7 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dessert?

Queijo de Azeitão (soft cheese)

Queijo da Ilha (Azores cheese)

Queijo Serra da Estrela (mountain sheep cheese)

Requeijão (ricotta-style)

8 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Cabrito assado (roast kid)

Chanfana (goat stew)

Sarapatel (offal stew)

Cozido de grão (chickpea stew)

9 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dessert?

Leite-creme (burnt cream)

Baba de camelo (camel drool)

Pudim flan (caramel flan)

Pudim Abade de Priscos (priest pudding)

10 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Pataniscas de bacalhau (cod fritters)

Peixinhos da horta (little garden fish)

Bolinhos de bacalhau (cod cakes)

Rissóis de camarão (shrimp turnovers)

11 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dessert?

Queijada de Sintra (cheese tart)

Pastel de feijão (bean pastry)

Travesseiro (pillow pastry)

Guardanapo (napkin pastry)

12 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Cozido à portuguesa (Portuguese boiled dinner)

Feijoada (bean stew)

Chanfana (goat stew)

Sarrabulho (blood porridge)

13 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dessert?

Aletria (sweet vermicelli)

Papos de anjo (angel’s double chins)

Encharcada (soaked sweets)

Fios de ovos (egg threads)

14 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Lulinhas (baby squid)

Chocos grelhados (grilled cuttlefish)

Polvo (octopus)

Pota (flying squid)

15 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Presunto de Barrancos (cured ham)

Chouriço de sangue (blood sausage)

Presunto de porco preto (Iberian black pig ham)

Paio do lombo (cured loin)

16 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Canilhas (whelks)

Berbigão (cockles)

Lambis (conch)

Navalhas (razor clams)

17 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dessert?

Bolo de mel (Madeira honey cake)

Bolo rei (king cake)

Pão de Ló (sponge cake)

Folar da Páscoa (Easter sweet bread)

18 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Prego (garlic steak sandwich)

Bifana (pork sandwich)

Sandes de peru (turkey sandwich)

Tosta mista (toasted ham & cheese)

19 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dessert?

Arroz doce (sweet rice)

Pudim Abade de Priscos (bacon priest pudding)

Molotov (egg-white fluff pudding)

Sericaia (egg-milk slab)

20 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Courato (pork rind sandwich)

Orelheira (pig ear)

Torresmos (pork cracklings)

Chispe (pig trotters)

21 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Pão de ló (sponge cake)

Encharcada (syrupy egg sweets)

Toucinho do céu (heaven’s bacon)

Barriga de freira (nun’s belly)

22 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Leitão da Bairrada (Bairrada suckling pig)

Porco bísaro (black pig)

Porco preto (Iberian black pig)

Cabrito assado (roast kid)

23 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Conquilhas à marinheira (sailor-style cockles)

Amêijoas à Bulhão Pato (Bulhão Pato clams)

Berbigão (cockles)

Lulinhas (baby squid)

24 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Cataplana (clamshell stew)

Sopa de cação (dogfish soup)

Ensopado de enguias (eel stew)

Caldeirada (fishermen’s stew)

25 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dessert?

Pudim flan (caramel pudding)

Toucinho do céu (heaven’s bacon)

Leite-creme (burnt cream)

Molotov (fluffy egg pudding)

26 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Prego (steak sandwich)

Bifana (pork sandwich)

Courato (pork rind sandwich)

Leitão (suckling pig sandwich)

27 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Chouriço (red sausage)

Linguiça (thin sausage)

Alheira (bread-garlic sausage)

Paio (cured loin)

28 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Aletria (vermicelli pudding)

Arroz doce (sweet rice)

Leite-creme (burnt cream)

Serradura (sawdust pudding)

29 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Frango piri-piri (peri-peri chicken)

Frango assado (roast chicken)

Frango à cafreal (green chicken)

Frango na púcara (clay-pot chicken)

30 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dessert?

Pastel de nata (custard tart)

Bola de Berlim (Berlin ball)

Sonhos (dreams)

Malasadas (Madeira doughnuts)

31 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Sopa de pedra (stone soup)

Caldo verde (green broth)

Sopa da beira (regional soup)

Canja de galinha (chicken soup)

32 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Polvo grelhado (grilled octopus)

Polvo à galega (Galician octopus)

Polvo à lagareiro (olive-oil-press octopus)

Polvo com arroz (octopus rice)

33 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Açorda de marisco (seafood bread soup)

Caldo verde (kale soup)

Sopa alentejana (Alentejo soup)

Canja (chicken soup)

34 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Arroz doce (sweet rice)

Arroz de marisco (seafood rice)

Arroz de cabidela (chicken blood rice)

Arroz de tomate (tomato rice)

35 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Polvo (octopus)

Cherne (wreckfish)

Percebes (gooseneck barnacles)

Bacalhau (salted cod)

36 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Caldeirada (fisherman’s stew)

Cataplana (clamshell seafood stew)

Arroz de marisco (seafood rice)

Massada (seafood pasta)

37 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Francesinha (little French girl sandwich)

Prego (garlic steak sandwich)

Bifana (pork sandwich)

Cachorrinho (hot dog)

38 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Dourada grelhada (grilled sea bream)

Robalo na grelha (grilled sea bass)

Cavala grelhada (grilled mackerel)

Sardinhas assadas (grilled sardines)

39 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dish?

Alheira (smoked garlic sausage)

Chouriço assado (flambéed sausage)

Morcela (blood sausage)

Farinheira (flour sausage)

40 /40

What's the name of this Portuguese dessert?

Queijadas (cheese tarts)

Travesseiros (pillows)

Pastéis de nata (custard tarts)

Bola de Berlim (Berlin ball)

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