Açorda is the Algarve's bread magic: day-old bread broken into a fragrant base of garlic, coriander and olive oil, loosened with shellfish stock and bound with egg into a thick, soupy stew, then folded through with clams, prawns and whatever the pots gave up.
It is humble and intensely flavoured, a dish born of making the most of bread and the sea, still cooked in the family kitchens behind Ferragudo's riverfront. Order it where the coriander is generous and the shellfish local, and have bread ready — though the açorda is itself made of it.
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Açorda de marisco
Destacados
- Bread, garlic and coriander base
- Bound with shellfish stock and egg
- Folded with clams and prawns
- Rustic, intense Algarve comfort food
- Best where the coriander is generous
Preguntas frecuentes
Is it like a soup?
Thicker than soup — a soft bread stew, soupy but substantial, rich with garlic and coriander.
Is it shellfish-heavy?
It is built on shellfish stock and folded with clams and prawns; the bread carries the flavour.