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Medronho de Monchique
Arbutus-berry eau-de-vie distilled in the Serra de Monchique, the most famous medronho in Portugal.
- liqueur
- medronho
- signature
Local Food, Wine & Regional Products in Monchique
Medronho, Monchique ham and sausages, rosemary honey and sopa de cação.
What to Try in the Region
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Presunto de Monchique
Cured ham from black Iberian pigs raised on chestnut and oak slopes of the Serra, slow-cured for 12-18 months.
- meat
- ham
- artisan
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Enchidos de Monchique
Smoked pork sausages, chouriço, morcela and farinheira, smoked over chestnut wood in the Monchique hills.
- meat
- sausage
- smoked
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Mel de rosmaninho de Monchique
Honey from rosemary and wild herbs of the Fóia and Picota slopes, harvested in family apiaries.
- honey
- herbs
- artisan
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Sopa de cação
Dogfish soup with bread, garlic and coriander, a serra-and-coast classic that the Monchique kitchens make rich and warming.
- fish
- soup
- traditional