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Cabo Verdean Cuisine

↳ from Santiago, Cabo Verde

Island Creole food mixing Portuguese and African tastes: slow-cooked maize and bean stew (cachupa), grilled tuna and cane spirit grogue.

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Specialties

History

The islands were uninhabited until the Portuguese settled them in 1462. Enslaved Africans and settlers created a Creole cooking and culture.

Ingredients

  • Hominy maize
  • Beans
  • Pork
  • Sausage
  • Cassava
  • Sweet potato
  • Tuna
  • Sugar cane

How it's made

  1. Soak and cook maize and beans slowly
  2. Add meat and vegetables
  3. Simmer for hours
  4. Serve with a fried egg for breakfast
  5. Drink grogue
to drink

What Cabo Verde drinks

Grogue, ponche, Cape Verdean coffee (Fogo)

Ratings & notes

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