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São Toméan Cuisine

↳ from São Tomé, Sao Tome and Principe

Equatorial island cooking: grilled fish, breadfruit, calulu stew and the island's chocolate and coffee.

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Specialties

  • Calulu
  • São Tomé Chocolate

History

Portuguese settlers made the islands a sugar and later cocoa producer. Portuguese and African foods merged.

Ingredients

  • Breadfruit
  • Fish
  • Palm oil
  • Cocoa
  • Banana
  • Chilli

How it's made

  1. Grill fish with palm oil and chilli
  2. Roast breadfruit
  3. Serve with a pepper sauce
to drink

What Sao Tome and Principe drinks

Palm wine, cacharamba (cane spirit), Rei beer

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