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Discover the joys of home-made custard tarts with Lotte Duncan's recipe for a traditional Portuguese treat

Recreate this Portuguese deli treat with Lia Baiao and John Torode’s simple recipe, made with puff pastry

Alan Coxon's richly flavoured duck is cooked in the oven with ham, chorizo sausage, rice and spicy piri-piri sauce

Home-made chilli sauce adds a delicious piquancy to chicken in Paul Bloxham's tasty recipe for a classic Portuguese dish

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

For a pork dish with a difference try Ed Baines's version of a classic Portuguese dish, combining pork with shellfish

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!