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Cataplana de peixe e marisco
The Algarve's hinged copper pan at its western best, day-boat fish and shellfish steamed with tomato, peppers and wine, opened in a cloud at the table for two.
- seafood
- sharing
- copper
Local Food, Wine & Regional Products in Lagos
Cataplana, octopus, grilled fish and Dom Rodrigo sweets.
What to Try in the Region
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Polvo à lagareiro
Octopus charred on the grill and drowned in hot garlic olive oil with punched potatoes, the dish locals use to test a Lagos kitchen.
- octopus
- grill
- benchmark
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Sardinha assada
Summer's rite on the Bensafrim quay, fat sardines off the charcoal onto bread, with grilled peppers and cold beer as the boats come home.
- sardines
- grill
- summer
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Peixe grelhado do dia
Whole fish from the morning auction, bream, bass, sole, grilled over charcoal with olive oil and lemon: the port town's daily proof of itself.
- fish
- grill
- port
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Dom Rodrigo
Lagos claims the Algarve's festival sweet, threads of egg yolk and almond folded with cinnamon into shining silver bundles, a convent recipe from the town's own kitchens.
- sweets
- convent
- festival
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Morgado de figo
The fig 'cheese' of the Algarve, dried figs, almonds and spices pressed into dense rounds that slice like their dairy namesake, the orchard Algarve in keeping form.
- sweets
- figs
- souvenir
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Vinhos de Lagos e do Algarve
The Algarve's wine revival runs through Lagos, DOC Lagos whites and reds from sea-cooled vineyards, poured beside the fish they were grown to meet.
- wine
- doc
- revival