Cape Verdean Food

Cachupa is the archipelago s national dish.

Cape verdean food. The national dish catchupa is a stew of hominy and beans with fish or meat. To our knowledge we are the only full service restaurant establishment with this unique cultural blend in the entire western hemisphere. Traditional cape verdean cuisine national dishes. Xerem dried corn pounded in mortar to the fineness of rice is the staple of feasts.

Traditionally it is made with kidney or lima beans but i remember nana my grandmother making it with peas to accommodate my bean hating aunt. The famous queijo from santo antão is the only cape verdean product that has won an award at the international event slow food back in 2007. Santo antão is an island with a long history of goat cheese production something that is still visible on the island today. I loved mine smothered in catsup.

And kuskus ground. Other typical cabo verde foods are pastel and buzio. It means home to cape verdeans everywhere. Corn and beans are staples of cape verdean cuisine.

Oct 3 2016 explore paul e hardman s board cape verde cabo verde food recipes followed by 309 people on pinterest. Creole portuguese african and brazilian gastronomy have all influenced the food and drink of these beguiling isles. Some of the most traditional cape verdean food is cachupa grogue and pontche. We also have several original dishes and local favorites mixed in that are exclusive to just luanda.

National food preferences reflected in ritual foods include an affection for dried corn either whole kernels hominy samp or ground to various degrees of fineness. Cape verdean dishes to try. My cape verdean mother made this often and served it with tuna fish cakes. What is traditional cape verdean food.

Cachupa rica cape verde s national dish a stew made with fish meat and vegetables. This makes a huge batch and we often served it reheated with more onions linguica and fried eggs for breakfast the next day. Although im posting this for the 2005 world tour this is for me a dish from childhood. In 2017 the goat cheese from the island of mountains won a slow cheese award in italy partially due to its purely natural process.

See more ideas about recipes food verde recipe. Also popular are rice fried potatoes cassava and vegetables such as carrots kale squash fish and meat such as tuna sawfish lobster chicken grilled pork and eggs.