Transport yourself to the sun-kissed Portuguese coast with these delicious recipes. Like neighbouring Spain, Portuguese cuisine embraces an array of seafood – clams, prawns, salt cod and sardines are the best-loved. Bold, feisty flavours such as pork sausage (‘chouriço’), paprika, peppers and piquant piri-piri sauce all jostle for attention on the Portuguese plate. Try making your own piri-piri sauce - Simon Rimmer provides his recipe for this fiery condiment. It’s great splashed on your favourite seafood, or smothered over chicken before grilling. As for desserts, you can’t beat an addictive Portuguese custard tart for sweet temptation. The Portuguese also make a delicious spiced rice pudding.
Lesley Waters' rich rice pudding is packed with creamy flavours and cinnamon fragrance, caramelised mandarins adding a fruity note
From Belgo, a lip-smacking dish of mussels with a gutsy tomato, paprika and chorizo sauce
Add a piquant kick to your meals with Simon Rimmer's speedy version of a classic Portuguese chilli sauce
Spicy Portuguese piri-piri sauce (sold in supermarkets) adds a chilli kick to king prawns in this simple but luxurious recipe
For success at suppertime, bubble up Sophie Grigson's tasty take on the classic Portuguese dish of pork with clams
Sophie Grigson's simple, tasty robust cabbage and potato soup is a classic Portuguese dish, well worth trying.
Liz and Sue Sweny's recipe for these dainty, caramelised custard tarts makes a dangerously more-ish treat; try them and see!
Tom Norrington Davies makes a flavoursome snack with sardines from the store cupboard, toasted cumin and tangy lemon juice
Creamy cod and mashed potatoes meet garlic, parsley and capers to make these fabulous golden fried croquettes from Ross Burden
Serve this succulent spice-rubbed roast from Antony Worrall Thompson with a baby spinach salad
