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Gastronomia de Chaves
The Flavian gastronomy is unique and unparalleled. Quality, flavor and texture make your dishes delicacies to remember later. The famous Chaves ham, famous here and for lands beyond, Pastel de Chaves, which celebrates 154 years, is a product with a recognized geographical indication, of tender and crispy puff pastry, stuffed with a sublime stew of veal, the corns accompanied by the best sausages in the region, in short, it is best to spend a weekend in Chaves and taste all the good things this region has to offer.
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Chaves
Description
Pastel de Chaves
The history of Pastel de Chaves goes back to 1862.
Folar de Chaves
The ancestry of Folar de Chaves is completely lost in time. This is an example of an article published in the “Flaviense - Semanário Republicano Independente” of April 11, 1915, where the author, J. Soto Maior, in a somewhat burlesque way, compares the antiquity of folar to that of digestion itself. The same author mentions the impossibility of knowing the origin of this delicacy, due to the inexistence, either in the libraries or in the Torre do Tombo itself, of any type of indication.
Chaves Ham
Considered by experts as the best national ham, it was one of the candidate products for the 7 Wonders of Portuguese Gastronomy.
The singularity of Presunto de Chaves resides in the distinctive characteristics of the Bísaro pork meat, used as raw material in its production, in the climatic characteristics of the municipality's geographical space and in the way of slaughtering, dismantling and hanging the pig, as well as in the process of cure the hams. Particularities that may be at issue when the current legislation requires the slaughter of the pig in a slaughterhouse.
Alheira
Smoked sausage, consisting of pork meat and fat and regional wheat bread, filled with horseshoe-shaped pork tripe, tied with two simple knots at each end, with the same thread segment. When cutting the dough has a homogeneous appearance with portions of shredded meat.
Linguiça
Smoked sausage, in the shape of a horseshoe, consisting of pork meat and fat, filled in pork small intestine. The meats used are properly seasoned with salt, garlic, red wine from the region, bay leaves and sweet paprika.
Chouriça de cabaça
Smoked sausage, consisting of pork (neck, knives, pork shavings), pumpkin and onion, in a homogeneous mixture. Filled in a thick pork trough with a straight or horseshoe shape.
Salpicão
Smoked sausage based on pork loin and pork tenderloin, filled in thick pork casing, with a straight, cylindrical shape. The meats used are properly seasoned with salt, red wine from the region, bay garlic and sweet paprika.
Bucheira
Smoked sausage, consisting of pork (glued / lung, streaky, bloody meats) and onion, in a homogeneous mixture. Filled in a horseshoe-shaped pork gut.
Source: https://www.chaves.pt/
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